Fiery sea creature with tentacles and pointy teeth is a new species

Fiery sea creature with tentacles and pointy teeth is a new species

By Moira Ritter

Source: miamiherald

11/16/2023

Credit: Tatsuya Matsumoto

While conducting a survey in the western Pacific Ocean near Japan and the Philippines, researchers came across several brightly colored fish with unique characteristics — they were a new species.

Researchers determined that the creatures are a new species of scorpionfish, Neomerinthe ignea, according to a study published Nov. 6 in the journal Ichthyological Research. Also know as the Pacific-flame Scorpionfish, the fish were previously confused with another, similar species of Neomerinthe.

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