A new fish of the flasher wrasse species with striking orange color and rounded fins has been found in Indonesia's coral reefs, a conservation group announced Wednesday.
Scientists from Conservation International and the Indonesian Biodiversity Research Centre discovered the species in East Nusa Tenggara province, said a statement from Conservation International.
The discovery was published in the latest Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology.
The group said the species was named Paracheilinus rennyae in recognition of the scientific contributions of ichthyologist Renny Kurnia Hadiaty from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.
The fish is known only from reefs off southwestern Flores Island and the Komodo National Park area. Although it is the 17th known type of flasher wrasse, it is unique in both its coloration and especially the rounded shape of its dorsal and anal fins and tail, and genetically distinct from all other known flasher wrasses in the Coral Triangle, Conservation International said.
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