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Posted on 09/03/2016 11:56:01 AM PDT by PROCON
Washington (CNN)It isn't exactly a squid pro quo, but scientists are naming a new fish after President Barack Obama partly as a way to say thanks for his decision last month to create a new protected area off the Hawaiian coast.
National Geographic reported Friday that the maroon and gold creature, which was discovered 300 feet deep in the waters off Kure Atoll, is the only known fish to live within Papahānaumokuākea, an expanse of coral reefs and seamounts home to more than 7,000 species.
One looking for the fish's official name, however, is likely to stay hooked -- a formal description of the species isn't expected to be published until later this year.
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Not reading all the comments, but I would say, the former fish’s name was “Coney Island Whitefish”
Is it a bottom feeder too?
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Incorrect good sir. It is a true bottom feeder that only eats pelagic slime after it descends to bathyoscopic depths and is naught but organic detritus that true bottom feeders survive on. Thus the absolute bottom of the food chain only to be found at the absolute bottom of the Mindanao Trench.
Crappie
Parrotfish start out as male or female but have sex organs of both sexes; they are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they can change from female to male. Some females will become supermales: larger males with brilliant, lively coloring.
Yes, more than likely. It’ll till rot from the head like all political fish.
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