New species

[stevearlen]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/22...cies/index.html

 

Pygmy seahorse: Classified by its Latin name, Hippocampus satomiae, this species measures about half an inch long and was found near Derawan Island off Kalimantan, Indonesia.

 

Damsel in the deep blue sea: Chromis abyssus is a beautiful species of damselfish found in deep-reef habitat off the coast of Ngemelis Island, Palau.

[toastiireefs]

it looks similar-- but not the same

as hippocampus bargibanti-- which is also from indonesia-

 

 

but just from my very limited knowledge of seahorses- i know that there have been a number of seahorses that are the same species but have been mistakenly "discovered" and named something different....

idk with technology as it is now - if they took DNA samples and compared bargibanti to satomiae-- and it could just be a "recent" evolutionary relative-- since they live in similar waters--

 

idk just food for thought-- i guess- but cool find!