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Just saw this in Yahoo! Thought I share...

Handout obtained February 2006 from the Conservation International shows a new species of Litoria Prora, discovered from Foja mountain in Papua, Indonesia. Scientists have found at least 52 new marine species off the western coast of Indonesia's Papua, deeming the waters there to be one of the richest in the world.

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Here are some newly discovered marine species...

a Pterocaesio sp., one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province.

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a Paracheilinus walton, a new species of flasher wrasse, one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province

(I thot this one is cool...)

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a Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih, a new species of flasher wrasse, one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province

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an epaulette shark (Hemiscyillum freycineti), one of over fifty likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province

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The wrasse in the 3rd pic looks nice. Wonder if its for sale, will the price tag be $1000? :rolleyes: jk. . .

Thanks for sharing!

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For all you know, it is already sitting in someone's tank long time ago... since it is from nearby indonesia... ;)

The thing with "newly discovered" species is that the recording and official naming is often times done by "ang mohs"... perhaps the local people in Indonesia have already been shipping them to ah beng in Singapore for ###### no. of years... :lol::D

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a Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih, a new species of flasher wrasse, one of over 50 likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province

if im nt wrong the word 'cenderawasih' means mythical bird in malay.. so i guess maybe there's an indonesian involved in the naming of the species?

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Yeah... heard it on BBC radio yesterday... thanks bro Seamonkee for sharing!!! This is the amazing thing about mother nature... some will go (extinct)... some will be discovered... the cycle never ends :)

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Frankly, i think the fishes look quite common... even the flasher wrasse looks like something I've seen before in one of the fairy wrasse books! :P

That's why I said I'm not surprised that there's a possibility that its already caught and shipped by fishermen who dun even noe they are new species yet to be named... haha... :lol::D

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