http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/15/eight-potentially-new-fish-species-found-along-bali-reefs/?hpt=C2

Pictures at the link.

Quote:

Scientists have found eight potentially new species of reef fish and a potentially new species of bubble coral in waters surrounding the Indonesian island of Bali, according to Conservation International. The fish and coral were found by a team of 10 scientists during a two-week marine survey that ended Wednesday, said Mark Erdmann, senior adviser for CI’s marine program. Erdmann is he is 99.9% sure the fish are newly discovered species. With Bali being a well-traveled tourism destination with lots of diving, the new find “tells us there’s still a bit of mystery there.” The species haven’t been named. Erdmann said the fish, with their genus in parenthesis, are: – Two types of cardinalfish (in the genuses of Apogon and Siphamia). – Two types of dottybacks (Manonichthys and Pseudochromis). – A garden eel (Heteroconger). – A sand perch (Parapercis). – A fang blenny (Meiacanthus). – A goby (Grallenia).

I love Marine Biology stuff. I think it's really cool that we're still discovering new species of anything.

Black Zarak wrote:

Yeah the big motherfucking squid stay deep, the ones we've found are all juvenile and young adult specimens. And related to how we don't know what the fuck's down there really... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop

Wow, never heard of "Bloop" before. Interesting stuff.

I love watching Discovery Documentaries and stuff like that on the ocean, and deep ocean life.

The water pressure, lack of light, and lack of food sources makes some crazy fucking things down there. It'll be sweet when we can one day reach the bottom.