A long game of Whose Egg Is It Anyway could be coming to a close. (via hakaimagazine)
Existing in a seemingly infinite array of shapes, sizes, and colors, marine fishes are easy enough to tell apart. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about their eggs.
Though the number of fish species bred in captivity is growing larger all the time, aquarists and private breeders have only figured out how to culture a small fraction of the marine fish species often seen at aquariums, such as clownfish. Tens of millions of fish are removed from coral reefs and other sensitive marine habitats each year to keep private and public aquaria stocked.
Aquarists at the New England Aquarium and scientists from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island hatched the idea for a catalog more than a decade ago. The idea sat on ice until 2021, when a grant from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums allowed them to develop the catalog into what it is today.
“I think it’s a great initiative,” says Joanna Murray, a marine ecologist at the United Kingdom’s governmental Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.
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