The paper, Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus  Parapriacanthus of the  western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species, is open access so we encourage you to read the paper to get better acquainted with pygmy sweepers.  If you’re like us, you may wonder why our hobby doesn’t see more tiny schooling fish like this.  Marine aquarists are seriously lacking in good schooling fish options.

Without further ado, here are the five newly described species:

Parapriacanthus darros (Seychelles, Africa)

Photo by J.E. Randall

Parapriacanthus kwazulu (KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa)

Photo by A.D. Connell

Parapriacanthus punctulatus (Mozambique, Africa)

Photo by A. Diringer

Parapriacanthus rahah (Oman)

Photo by J.E. Randall

Parapriacanthus sharm (Red Sea)

Photo by S.V. Bogorodsk