AUSTRALIAN WERE EATING A UNNAMED FISH UNKNOWN TO SCIENCEA new grouper species have been discovered i

AUSTRALIAN WERE EATING A UNNAMED FISH UNKNOWN TO SCIENCEA new grouper species have been discovered in an Australian fish market, after a fisherman sent photos of a rare australian grouper to researchers at Queensland Museum, a fish which actually has been serverd as food.The plain-looking fish it has no distinctive markings, and reaches at least 70 cm in length, but after Museum researchers purchased 5 individuals, and after molecular and morphological analyses, they prove it as a new species. Named as darkmargin grouper (Epinephelus fuscomarginatus), this species lives in deep water at 200 m below sea surface, off the southern end of the Swain Reefs, northeastern Australia.- Photo: Preserved darkmargin grouper in the Queensland Museum.The new species will now join 91 other species in the Epinephelus genus, which can be found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.Photos by  Queensland MuseumReference: Johnson and Worthington 2019, Epinephelus fuscomarginatus (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), a new species of grouper from off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa[Photo description: an mature man holds a preserved darkmargin grouper in his hands, the second photo below shows a preserved darkmargin grouper on its side, the fish  is pale and plain with no marks] -- source link

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