The discoveries by the California Academy of Sciences include fish, dozens of bugs, an endangered dahlia, two deep-water ghost sharks and a striped spider from Madagascar.

Nearly 140 new species confirmed in 2024 by California Academy of Sciences A glittering fish, a fossilized lizard and a bug named after Kamala Harris were among the new entries ...

The Labout’s fairy wrasses’ scientific name is Cirrhilabrus laboutei, and they form part of the order Labriformes. This order consists of about 642 species of ray-finned fishes in 87 genera. Included ...

This may be attributed to many plank-tivorous fishes that inhabit this depth such as P. squampinnis, Paracheilinus octotaenia, Chromis pelloura, Decapterus macarellus, and Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis ...

1. Labout’s Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus laboutei) Labout’s fairy wrasse occurs in small groups on the outer reefs of the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. ©‎Jokuyken15 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia ...

An expansive search across the globe from California Academy of Sciences researchers in 2022 uncovered nearly 150 new species, which increased Earth's tree of life.

Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa. This is another case where genetic and microscopic differences have enabled – for the first time in history – a researcher in the Maldives to discover this new species: a ...

In this well-trodden world, finding a new species is a glimpse of the uncharted riches of biodiversity still hidden around the globe. Scientists estimate that only 10 per cent of all the species on ...

Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa, a small fish found deep in the ocean near the Maldives.Part of its scientific name, “finifenmaa,” means “rose” — one of the first species to be named in the ...

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Known by the scientific name Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa, the colorful fish was found at depths ranging from 131 to 229 feet (40 to 70 meters) beneath the ocean’s surface off the Maldives.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The tree of life grew in 2022 as California Academy of Sciences researchers and their international collaborators discovered 146 new animal, plant and fungi species. The ...