Member nations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) approved regulating trade in humphead wrasse, a giant coral reef fish threatened by the luxury food trade in Asia.

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If you're not really into salt-water tanks or don't spend a lot of time in coral reefs, there's still a high probability you may have heard of the bluestreak cleaner wrasse fish. Likely because last ...

Imagine being submerged in the ocean. As one watches the flickering light penetrate the water, the dancing rays of light seem to make a beeline for the bottom of the ocean, pulling one’s curiosity ...

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Before squaring up for a fight, some fish check themselves out in the mirror to make sure they're big enough. This strange behavior was seen in bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), who ...

The rose-veiled fairy wrasse is the first Maldivian fish to be described by a local scientist. Pictured: a male rose-veiled fairy wrasse Yi-Kai Tea/Californa Academy of Sciences Deep in the waters off ...

Almost all snorkelers here in Hawai‘i have seen this extremely colorful fish on our shallow-water coral reefs, but few have ever seen one up close because they never stay still. These foot-long fish ...

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