Natural History Wanderings

SF Gate  reported

The fish, now known as the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi), is one of three new species discovered off the California coast, alongside the dark snailfish (Careproctus yanceyi) and the sleek snailfish (Paraliparis em). It was recently described by researchers from SUNY Geneseo and scientists from the University of Montana and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Read article at ‘Exciting’ deep sea discovery found off the California coast