The tropical setting is postcard perfect. A palm tree on a deserted white beach surrounded by turquoise water imprints itself on my mind as I roll backward off the boat in full scuba gear. Just six ...

Like an anatomical panic room, the mouth of a cardinalfish might just be the safest place in the ocean if you’re an unhatched fry. With razor-sharp teeth framing its gaping maw, the male tiger ...

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Scientists reveal the torrid, adulterous love lives of the mouth-brooding cardinalfish. The male fish of this species carries the eggs in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. Until now the species ...

The striking Banggai cardinalfish is a popular collector's fish. It's also an endangered species in the wild. imageBROKER / Alamy Thirty years ago, almost no one had heard of the Banggai cardinalfish.

The global trade in ornamental fish is a multibillion-dollar business involving the annual global export of around 2 billion fish from 2,500 freshwater and marine species. Many are captured from the ...

Indonesia’s fisheries ministry says it is working on a new conservation road map for Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni), a popular species in the aquarium trade globally that is found only in ...

The cardinalfish has survived for 50 million years, but its most successful survival strategy could be undone by rapid global warming. Cardinalfish breed several times a year, with the female ...

WASHINGTON— NOAA Fisheries has announced a proposed rule to ban the import and export of threatened Banggai cardinalfish, following a 2021 petition from conservation groups. “Far too many of these ...

Washington, DC—Conservation groups filed a petition today urging the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to ban the import and sale of threatened Banggai cardinalfish from Indonesia. The Banggai ...

Each year humans trade 20 to 30 million tropical marine fish for aquariums, representing more than 1,800 different species. The United States is the world’s largest consumer, buying up to 80% of the ...