Newly discovered species...

[seamonkee]

Just saw this in Yahoo! Thought I share...

Handout obtained February 2006 from the Conservation International shows a new species of Litoria Prora, discovered from Foja mountain in Papua, Indonesia. Scientists have found at least 52 new marine species off the western coast of Indonesia's Papua, deeming the waters there to be one of the richest in the world.

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[seamonkee]

Here are some newly discovered marine species...

a Pterocaesio sp., one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province.

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[seamonkee]

a Paracheilinus walton, a new species of flasher wrasse, one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province

(I thot this one is cool...)

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[seamonkee]

a Meiacanthus sp. one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province.

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[seamonkee]

a Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih, a new species of flasher wrasse, one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province

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[seamonkee]

a Pseudochromis sp., one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province

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[seamonkee]

an epaulette shark (Hemiscyillum freycineti), one of over fifty likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province

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[acidjazz]

The wrasse in the 3rd pic looks nice. Wonder if its for sale, will the price tag be $1000? jk. . .

Thanks for sharing!

[seamonkee]

For all you know, it is already sitting in someone's tank long time ago... since it is from nearby indonesia...

The thing with "newly discovered" species is that the recording and official naming is often times done by "ang mohs"... perhaps the local people in Indonesia have already been shipping them to ah beng in Singapore for ###### no. of years...

[jamomatt]

Would really love that 1st flasher wrasse!

[raydiative]

yeah.. that wrasse is damn nice...

[flamey]

a Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih, a new species of flasher wrasse, one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province

if im nt wrong the word 'cenderawasih' means mythical bird in malay.. so i guess maybe there's an indonesian involved in the naming of the species?

[flamey]

by the way theres also a write up of this 'discovery' in today's Strait times pg 3

[Achilles Tang]

Frankly, i think the fishes look quite common... even the flasher wrasse looks like something I've seen before in one of the fairy wrasse books!

[jervismun]

Yeah... heard it on BBC radio yesterday... thanks bro Seamonkee for sharing!!! This is the amazing thing about mother nature... some will go (extinct)... some will be discovered... the cycle never ends

[big_ben102000]

its in the papers 2dae

[seamonkee]

Always read Yahoo! News (U.S. one...)... its always ahead of our local news... hehe...

[seamonkee]

Frankly, i think the fishes look quite common... even the flasher wrasse looks like something I've seen before in one of the fairy wrasse books!

That's why I said I'm not surprised that there's a possibility that its already caught and shipped by fishermen who dun even noe they are new species yet to be named... haha...

[WaNeR]

do agree dat the Paracheilinus walton does look very cool!

would love to have it

[Interesting]

That's why I said I'm not surprised that there's a possibility that its already caught and shipped by fishermen who dun even noe they are new species yet to be named... haha... 

well,i felt quite sad for that if thats e real case