TARP Fish

My new TARP Fish website is now up and running. See TARP Watch for more details. The new website is expected to replace the functions of t...

Feedback would be welcome. I'm at present constructing a website with a built in, simple key to guide users into the matrix of reef fish...

Fascinatingly, I have just calculated the expected species total for TARP based on an apparently robust Coral Fish Diversity Index (CFDI - s...

A useful e-mail came in a couple of days ago which I've just been able to process - namely, POMACENTRIDAE authority Gerry Allen has note...

As well as several corrections, the first draft checklist has now been amended to include the original species author's name, the year t...

It's inevitable that the first draft of this collection would have mistakes: two careless ones have recently been corrected ( Pholidicht...

To the right of this blog panel, you should see a link to a foldable checklist of the fish species I have seen in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park. I...

The 29th of April 2008 was a gorgeous, calm sea-ed, blue sky-ed day; perfect for snorkelling in the first part of the morning before the sun...

The night dives on 22nd April have proved highly productive: 8 more species on top of the previous total brings me to 289 fish species ident...

A few amendments and a handful of omissions from the first tranche of uploads brings me to 281 fish species in TARP (described in 301 differ...

Done! 273 species represented in 293 panels. This represents the minimum number of fish species in TARP and will, I hope, be a helpful start...

It's taken all day but all the suborder Percoidei is up now: 54 more species in 56 panels taking the collection to 224 species described...

Overnight I've been able to make a start uploading my largest Suborder - Percoidei. Of three families so far, the largest has been the C...

With the 9 species of Parrotfishes (in 11 panels), I've now completed uploading the Labroid fishes. Interestingly (and I hope not ominou...

Here's another tranche of panels - 47 of them representing 43 species, bringing me to a total of 134 species uploaded in 150 panels. Not...

It's taken a while but I've completed and uploaded the Wrasses now (29 species in TARP - with 11 extra panels for different sexes, p...

Another bunch of panels just uploaded covering most of the smaller fish visible on the reef - mainly Gobies (like this one) and Blennies. I...

A busy day: four more families uploaded just now (Surgeonfishes, Spadefish, Spinefeet and the Moorish Idol) giving a total of 25 species (26...

Overnight I've started to upload Bony Fishes (Osteichthyes) with details on species in seven families - Moray eels (an example is shown ...

At last it's here: an online resource to help you identify fishes you might see in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park. It launches today with the b...