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Dozens of new species discovered off Papua New Guinea

Bird's Head Seascape and Fak-Fak

Posted: 18 September 2006 12:10 PM
Last Update: 18 September 2006 10:16 AM

Categories: NewsEnvironment [home]
Author: Eric Cheng ( echeng )
Related Link: Underwater wonderland

A team from Conservation International has discovered dozens of new species of marine life in an area called Bird’s Head Seascape off the coast of Papua, including 24 new species of fish, 20 species of coral and eight species of shrimp.  There is a little video clip from Gerry Allen of a new epaulette shark that walks on its fins.

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