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Pictures: 25 New Reef Fish Found—"Beautiful" Basslet, More


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Author: Christine Dell'Amore

Source: National Geographic

June 28, 2012

"Known from only a single, deep reef off Indonesia, this "beautiful" fairy basslet is 1 of 25 new coral reef fish species making their debuts this month in a three-volume book set,Reef Fishes of the East Indies.

Among the new fish, the basslet, Pseudanthias mica, is a favorite of co-author Mark V. Erdmann, who named it after his daughter Mica, an avid diver at age 12.

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