Sunday 8 June 2014

3 New Species of Weird, Endangered Fish Discovered in India, U.S and Colombia

“It’s a strange world. Let’s keep it that way.”—Warren Ellis
You can find some pretty weird things when you go poking around in holes in remote parts of the globe. The past month brought three examples of that rule of thumb as scientists announced the discovery of three extremely strange and endangered newfish species.
Kryptoglanis shajiiThe first of these new species, and probably the most bizarre, comes from southwestern India. Dubbed Kryptoglanis shajii, this 10-centimeter catfish packs four rows of sharp, nasty teeth and looks like something designed by the late Swiss surrealist artist, H. read more

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