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find new species
Published July 25, 2017
Fox News
(César Villarroel, ExploraSub)
The elusive new species, named the Hoodwinker Sunfish, was found by a team of experts from Australia's Murdoch University.
The giant fish, which had eluded discovery for centuries, was uncovered by Marianne Nyegaard, a doctoral student at Murdoch University’s School of Veterinary and Life Sciences.
Nyegaard spent four years searching for the fish, which like other sunfish species, can weigh more than two tons and grow to more than 9.8 feet in length. The quest began after she noticed genetic differences in sunfish samples from the Australian and New Zealand longline fishery.
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