Scientists discover 'grumpy' fish species in Red Sea
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Scientists discover grumpy fish species in Red Sea
(Web Desk) – Scientists have discovered a new type of fish in the Arabian Red Sea which the experts have called as ‘grumpy’.
Sueviota aethon is the fish’s scientific name. Described as grumpy by the researchers who traced the creature abomg coral reefs in the sea.
A detailed study published last week said the name of the fish is due to its apparent grumpy and rather unhappy appearance majorly due to its extremely upturned mouth position.
The "dwarf" part of its name refers to its size of under 2cm and "goby" to the family of fish it belongs to: gobiidae - which comprises of some 2,000 species of bony fish.
The team of researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the University of Washington revealed the grumpy dwarfgoby to the world in a study published in Pensoft's ZooKeys journal.
The first of the fish was discovered in the Farasan Banks in Saudi Arabia, with additional specimens later found near Thuwal on the Red Sea.
It was researcher Viktor Nunes Peinemann who first found them during a diving expedition to explore the coral reef fish diversity.
