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What is the newest fish discovered 2021?

Blue-spotted guitarfish So-called because of the shape of their body, guitarfish are coastal rays. They are among the most endangered of all cartilaginous fish because they live near to humans and are easily fished. This blue-spotted guitarfish is one of two newly identified in Madagascar by scientist David Ebert.

What is the newest species of fish found?

Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa
A colorful reef fish from the Maldives is the first new-to-science species to be described by a Maldivian scientist. Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa has been named by Ahmed Najeeb, a biologist from the Maldives Marine Research Institute (MMRI), after the local word for “rose.”

What is the newest fish discovered 2022?

rose-veiled fairy wrasse
It has been named the rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa). The new species is found off the coast of the Maldives, and is one of the first-ever to be formally described by a Maldivian researcher.

What is the rarest deep sea creature?

Rare Species in Deep Sea Exploration

  • Megamouth Shark. Discovered in 1976, the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) is one of the rarest fish in the world.
  • Vampire Squid. Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) are cephalopods that inhabit oceanic depths between 2,000 and 4,000 feet.
  • Frilled Shark.
  • Fangtooth Fish.

What is the deepest fish ever found?

Mariana snailfish
The Mariana snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei) is a newly described species that now holds the crown for the deepest fish in the sea, thriving at depths of up to about 8,000 meters (26,200 feet).

What fish lives the deepest in the ocean?

the Mariana snailfish
Meet the deepest fish in the ocean, a new species named the Mariana snailfish by an international team of researchers that discovered it. The Mariana snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei) thrives at depths of up to about 8,000 meters (26,200 feet) along the Mariana Trench near Guam.

What are the newest species?

Let’s take a look at some of the “new to science” species Mongabay reported on in 2021:

  • ‘Spectacular’ orange-furred bat described from West African mountain.
  • Two new species of endangered screech owls identified from Brazil.
  • New orchid species from Guiana Highlands named by Indigenous group.

What animal has been discovered in 2022?

The ivory-billed woodpecker.

What is the rarest deep-sea creature?