CORAL Magazine Table of Contents November/December 2022

ANGELIC CHALLENGES Volume 19, Number 6

Pet Advocacy Network Refutes Negative Depiction of Global Aquarium Trade by Associated Press

An Associated Press article by Victoria Milko, Firdia Lisnawati, and Kathy Young, published on October 19th, 2022, has sparked discussion of the marine aquarium trade, including a response from the Pet Advocacy Network (formerly PIJAC). The report builds a case that wild collection of marine fishes for the aquarium trade is unregulated and with no standards for sustainability. A response from the Pet Advocacy Network, below, argues that progress is being made and that the AP article paints a distortedly pessimistic picture of the global aquarium fishery.

Secret Storms: Scientists unravel clouds of chemicals released by different corals

The study found that the organic chemical compounds produced through metabolism—known as metabolites or exudates—vary significantly by coral species

Hybrid Captive-Bred Batfish Hit Aquarium Trade

A new captive-bred hybrid batfish is an interesting twist on the attractive, yet large-growing fishes from the Platax genus.

Paleontologists discover a 439-million-year-old ‘shark’ that forces us to rethink the timeline of vertebrate evolution 

Fanjingshania renovata, artist’s reconstruction of the earliest-known jawed fish, an acanthocodian similar to primitive “spiny sharks.” These ocean-going predators pre-date the appearance of corals—and humans—by hundreds of million years. Credit: Heming Zhang.

Living sharks are often portrayed as the apex predators of the marine…