Nov/Dec 2013 CORAL Attribution Error

We regret a slight error in attribution (as seen above) on page 47 of the November/December 2013 issue of CORAL Magazine. Matt Pedersen’s article, “Captive Acropora Spawning Events in Florida”, which stems from an interview with Dustin Dorton of ORA, included the citation that both article and images…

CORAL Correction May/June 2013 Page 118

The “Beginner’s Livestock” department in Reefkeeping 101 by Inken Krause was the victim of a production error.

The species shown should have been identified as the Chalk Bass, Serranus tortugarum. The error was not the fault of the author, and we sincerely apologize to all readers.

Here is the…

CORAL Magazine's Captive Bred Marine Fish Species List for 2013

CORAL Magazine’s definitive captive-bred marine aquarium species list through 2012, compiled by MBI co-founder and marine fish breeder Tal Sweet.

Cowrie Confusion

Just got my new issue of CORAL, and on thumbing through it, and being a malacologist by profession (at one time, at least), I first took a look at the article about Tiger Cowries. Unfortunately, the article is about money cowries… (or annulated cowries, it is somewhat difficult to identify the animals by the images in the article). That species has a list of synonyms longer than my arm, but the most recent, and probably valid scientific name for it is Monetaria annulus, Linnaeus, 1758).