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.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
2226	The business end of a wolf eel	twitter	2022-11-22	CA
2227	British angler catches massive 30 kg goldfish, netizens are stunned	hindustantimes	2022-11-22	FR
2228	Washington Bans Fish-Farming Net Pens, Citing Salmon Threat	Associated Press	2022-11-18	US
2229	Three-metre 'rare' tuna fish found washed up on Lincolnshire beach by dog walker	lincolnshirelive	2022-10-28	UK
2230	Japanese restaurant lets customers catch their own fish to cook	hindustantimes	2022-10-29	JP
2231	Настоящий рыбацкий день рождения	Охотники.ру	2022-11-09	RU
2232	At least 6% of global fishing ‘probably illegal’ as ships turn off tracking devices	theguardian	2022-11-02	UK
2233	Diving family from Mathews helping with invasive lionfish—by eating them	gazettejournal	2022-11-02	US
2234	Experts struggling to save tiny 'bejeweled' fish from extinction	kxxv	2022-10-30	US
2235	We Are Up Climate Change Creek, and Look at All These Fish	esquire	2022-10-31	US
2236	Confrontational angler has rods and fishing gear seized after refusing to give name	armaghi	2022-11-02	IR
2237	Washington Won't Renew Leases for Puget Sound Fish Farms	Associated Press	2022-11-14	US
2238	Байкал пополнится рекордным количеством молоди омуля весной следующего года	Рыболовство	2022-11-14	RU
2239	Three men ticketed and fined for illegally fishing with nets	wbrz	2022-11-01	US
2240	Man shocked after catching 'super unheard of' fish in Toronto Harbour	CTV News	2022-10-31	CA
2241	Do fish sleep? Most do....kind of	Asbury Park Press	2022-11-03	US
2242	Q&A with Steve Trent on how China can rein in illegal fishing	mongabay	2022-11-03	CN
2243	Исследователи случайно открыли необычное поведение у рыб, которые вынашивают мальков во рту	hightech	2022-11-14	RU
2244	Incredible Close-Up Footage Captures Bear Hunting Salmon in Canada	CTV News	2022-11-11	CA
2245	Endangered Devils Hole pupfish is one of the most inbred animals known	berkeley.edu	2022-11-04	US
2246	This dead monstrosity is the heaviest bony fish in the world	boingboing	2022-10-19	PT
2247	A National Park Wants to Use Rat Poison to Get Rid of a Fish They Brought In	thedailybeast	2022-10-30	US
2248	Fish eggs return to Bangladesh’s Halda River following conservation efforts	mongabay	2022-11-02	IN
2249	Fish can get addicted to meth after eating human poop	boingboing	2022-11-02	CZ
2250	Over 100,000 fishing-related deaths occur annually	ktar	2022-11-02	TZ