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Crawling Fish May Be Part of New Family
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346289,00.html
Thursday, April 03, 2008
AP
In this undated photo provided by Mark Snyder a recently discovered fish found in Indonesian waters is shown yawning.
In this undated photo provided by Mark Snyder a recently discovered fish found in Indonesian waters is shown yawning.
SEATTLE A University of Washington professor says a recently discovered fish that crawls instead of swimming and has forward-looking eyes like humans could be part of an entirely unknown family of fishes.
The creature sighted in Indonesian waters off Ambon Island has tan- and peach-colored zebra-stripping. It uses its leglike pectoral fins to burrow into cracks and crevices of coral reefs in search of food.
UW professor Ted Pietsch says this relative of the anglerfish will have to undergo DNA scrutiny to verify that it is unique. But the world's leading authority on anglerfish says he's never seen anything like it.
Pietsch says they have probably escaped notice until now because they are so good at sliding into narrow crevices.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346289,00.html
Thursday, April 03, 2008
APIn this undated photo provided by Mark Snyder a recently discovered fish found in Indonesian waters is shown yawning.
In this undated photo provided by Mark Snyder a recently discovered fish found in Indonesian waters is shown yawning.
SEATTLE A University of Washington professor says a recently discovered fish that crawls instead of swimming and has forward-looking eyes like humans could be part of an entirely unknown family of fishes.
The creature sighted in Indonesian waters off Ambon Island has tan- and peach-colored zebra-stripping. It uses its leglike pectoral fins to burrow into cracks and crevices of coral reefs in search of food.
UW professor Ted Pietsch says this relative of the anglerfish will have to undergo DNA scrutiny to verify that it is unique. But the world's leading authority on anglerfish says he's never seen anything like it.
Pietsch says they have probably escaped notice until now because they are so good at sliding into narrow crevices.
. That's crazy though. A crawling fish? I hope they find some more species of it or are able to find some back ground on it.
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