Fishy Caribbean 'juveniles' to be recognized as a new species, the Hourglass basslet
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 13:01
in Biology & Nature
Living in deep reefs in the Atlantic Ocean, the banded basslet has long been thought to undergo significant changes during its growth into an adult. Recently, however, American scientists figured out that the 'juveniles' were in fact a new species. They describe two new basslet species discovered in the Caribbean off the southern coast of Curaçao.