New Species of Pygmygoby Discovered at the Edge of the Red Sea's Unexplored Deep Reefs
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Summary
Researchers have described a new species of fish from the northern Red Sea, found at the entrance to a cave on a steep reef slope. Charon's pygmygoby (Trimma charon) is a small, translucent fish with a broad orange-red stripe, golden spots on its tail, and an unusual four-part eye. The two known specimens measure just 12 and 17 millimetres.
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