At least 20 new species of sharks and rays have been found this week off the coast of Indonesia. These finding come after a 5 year survey done at local fish markets, in an area where there is great aquatic diversity. This sleek, spade-shaped Hortle's whipray, for example, is the newest of 17 whipray species known to live in the muddy shallows along Indonesia's shores.
"Indonesia has the most diverse shark and ray fauna and the largest shark and ray fishery in the world," said biologist William White in a statement from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), which led the new survey.
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