南加勒比海发现一种新鱼类.docVIP

A new species of tiny blenniiform fish has been discovered in the biodiversity rich waters of the southern Caribbean.Haptoclinus dropiis only around 2cm in length with a beautiful color pattern that includes?iridescence（彩虹色）?on the fins. The proposed common name of the species is four-fin?blenny（鲇鱼）, due to the division of the?dorsal fin（背鳍）?into four sections, which is a distinguishing feature of the genus and unique among blenniiform fishes. The study was published in the open access journalZookeys. This beautiful new species was discovered as a lucky bycatch during targeted specimen catching at 157-167 m depth off Cura?ao as a part of the Smithsonian InstitutionsDeep Reef Observation Project (DROP). The new species,Haptoclinus dropi, gets its name from the projects abbreviation and is one of numerous new ray-finned fish species emerging from this project. ? For DROP expeditions theSubstation Cura?aos manned submersible Curasub was used to catch specimens. While generally used as tourist attraction because it travels at much greater depths than divers can reach, the Curasub is also used for scientific marine research. Targeted fish specimens are collected with the subs two flexible,?hydraulic（液压的）?arms, but very often small non-targeted fish are also caught in the process. ? Below the depths accessible using scuba gear and above the depths typically targeted by deep-diving submersibles, tropical deep reefs are productive ocean ecosystems that science has largely missed. They are home to diverse assemblages of new and rare species that we are only just beginning to understand, explains the lead author of the study Dr Carole Baldwin,Smithsonian Institution. 已发现微小blenniiform鱼一新种的的南部Caribbean.Haptoclinus dropiis只有大约2cm长度与一个美丽的彩色图案，包括鳍虹彩（彩虹色）在生物多样性丰富的水域。提议的共同的物种名称是四鳍粘鱼（鲇鱼），由于分工的背鳍（背鳍）分为四个部分，这是一个显着特征的属独特之间blenniiform鱼类。这项研究结果发表在开放存取journalZookeys。作为幸运误捕针对性的标本追赶过程中，在157-167米的深度关闭库拉索岛的一部分史密森InstitutionsDeep礁观察项目（DROP）这个美丽的新物种被发现。新的的物种，Haptoclinus dropi，获取项目的缩写，它的名字