-- There's another color of seadragon out there: deep ruby red. Scientists had previously believed there were only two seadragon species, and thus just two color variations -- the orange hues of the leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) and the purple-accented yellows of the weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). Recently, while analyzing tissue samples taken from seadragon specimens collected in southern Australia in 2007, scientists noticed something askew. Researchers with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, identified a genetic anomaly. When they looked at the seadragon whose DNA sequence didn't quite match up with the rest, they saw the fish's genetic uniqueness was matched by its distinctive red

 There's another color of seadragon out there: deep ruby red. Scientists had previously believed there were only two seadragon species, and thus just two color variations -- the orange hues of the leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) and the purple-accented yellows of the weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). Recently, while analyzing tissue samples taken from seadragon specimens collected in southern Australia in 2007, scientists noticed something askew. Researchers with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, identified a genetic anomaly. When they looked at the seadragon whose DNA sequence didn't quite match up with the rest, they saw the fish's genetic uniqueness was matched by its distinctive red Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/02/19/New-species-of-seadragon-is-a-deep-ruby-red/7861424381256/#ixzz3SO1zYkxE-ALSO SEE VIDEO ON THIS LINK