Scaly creature — so tiny its hard to catch

Scaly creature — so tiny its hard to catch

By Moira Ritter

Source: miamiherald

9/22/2023

Credit: G. Shinohara via ZooKeys

While combing through specimen collections in Japan, scientists came across three unusual-looking fish.

The tiny, brightly colored creatures had been collected from Mageshima Island and Nagannu Island, and although they were identified as Opistognathus, a genus of jawfish, their species was unknown.

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