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600 New Species of Fish Discovered

Posted by Hemos on from the cataloguing-it-all dept.

zenobr writes "Some 300 scientists from 53 countries are creating a record of all known marine life, in a project reminiscent of an aquatic Domesday Book. So far more than 15,000 species of fish have been catalogued and 2 to 3 thousand more are expected to be catalogued before the project's end in 2010. Over 500 of the fish catalogued thus far are thought to be new to science. Full story on BBC News"

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  1. "New" species? by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 0, Troll

    How many are just "old" species with an extra stripe or dot?

    Sometimes it seems like taxonomists get a little carried away with their differentiating.

    A guppy is a guppy is a guppy.