It is five centimetres long, but larger than all its relatives: Microichthys grandis, literally 'big little fish'. Researchers from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart in Germany and Wageningen Marine Research in the Netherlands discovered this new fish species during a survey off the Irish coast last year. This finding in the Northeast Atlantic is something special for the scientists and has now been published in the scientific journal "Ichthyological Research".
13.04.2023
| Researchers find a new fish species in the deep-sea off Ireland
Unique discovery: the 'big little fish'
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New fish species Microichthys grandis, Copyright Bram Couperus
Research vessel Tridens, Copyright Bram Couperus
Scientist Bram Couperus, Copyright Ton Meijer