Juvenile Raccoon Butterflyfish photo credit: TheBiotaGroup.com Captive-breeding efforts for butterflyfish have taken a major step forward in the first half of the 2020s, with aquaculture facilities reporting improved survival and settlement rates in species once considered nearly impossible to raise. Butterflyfish larvae are notoriously delicate — they drift for weeks in the open ocean and depend on microscopic foods that are difficult to replicate in a hatchery. Recent breakthroughs in…

By Tom Lang For decades, the saltwater aquarium trade has treated rare and endangered marine species as collectibles — prized for their scarcity, photographed for their colors, and too often sold to hobbyists with no long-term plan for their survival. That mindset has to change. We know that the majority of species offered online are still wild-caught, including many with declining populations. Pulling the last few individuals out of fragile…

by Tom Lang Welcome to the Breeder’s Registry website. Here we’ve saved all the original Spawning Reports and other content you’ve come to enjoy and reference since Stanley Brown began this work back in 1993. As you may have noticed, visitors to this site are not required to create a user name or password to freely access the BR database. We do offer you the option to join our email…