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Enneacanthus chaetodon—a centrarchiform native to the far eastern US, signed as their common name. The Aqua Zoo (a privately-owned local fish store), 22 November 2024

I'm not certain precisely when this occurred as it's not clear in the article, but this is very interesting! Wild collected Slender Sunfish eggs successfully hatched and raised to post-larval settlement in captivity, a first for any mola. Unfortunately none got far past initial settlement due to...

I just found out that this facility will be permanently shutting down after March 31st. Reasons for closure include financial difficulties and a deteriorating building (which would add up to the financial difficulty if there was an attempt at fixing it). This aquarium has been up for 51 years...

Tetraodontiformes are an extremely interesting order of bony fish, and include Puffers, Triggers, Filefish, and even the biggest bony fish, the Ocean Sunfish. With less than 400 species in this order of awesome fish, which of them are in captivity? Which ones have you seen, and are commonly...

Taken June 14 2018