2026-05-14 14:58 UTC
Hairy new #fish species discovered in the Great Barrier Reef https://phys.org/news/2026-05-hairy-fish-species-great-barrier.html
Solenostomus snuffleupagus sp. nov., a hairy ghost #pipefish from the Southwest Pacific, with an integrative comparison to S. paegnius https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.70497
"These close relatives of seahorses and sea dragons often closely match the color of their surroundings and develop skin filaments that look like algae or coral."
#NewSpecies #GreatBarrierReef #CoralReefs
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@MurmeltHier@climatejustice.social 2026-05-14 15:04
@animalculum@scholar.social ...so there now exists a species we really can call Snuffy! 😍