Meet the Sea Muppets! Don't let the common name fool you. These are, in fact, a new genus of syngnathid fish that have independently evolved morphology strikingly similar to that of their famous Seahorse cousins.🐟🧪 journaloflostspecies.org/index.php/jl...
Australyichthys gen. nov. (Teleostei, Syngnathidae), a lost mesophotic lineage from southern Australia, with description of A. aegis sp. nov. and reclassification of Hippocampus minotaur and H. parado...Australyichthys gen. nov. is described as a new genus of Syngnathidae (seahorses, pipefishes, seadragons, pipehorses and pygmy pipehorses) endemic to temperate mesophotic habitats of southern Australi...journaloflostspecies.org