by CORAL Magazine | Jun 3, 2026 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Eviota niedenthali from Bikini Lagoon, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Photo credit Mark V. Erdmann. CC-BY-4.0 In Volume 46 of the Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, researchers David Greenfield, Mark Erdmann, and Nesha Ichida have described a new species,...
by CORAL Magazine | Jun 3, 2026 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The fresh holotype of Eviota kathyae, collected in the volcanic fjords at Tufi, Papua New Guinea. Image credit: Mark V. Erdmann. CC-BY-4.0 Authors David W. Greenfield, William M. Brooks, and Mark V. Erdmann recently published the description of a new species, Eviota...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 11, 2013 | Marine
Jakarta, Indonesia – A highly charismatic species of walking shark has been discovered in the remote eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera. The epaulette (long tailed carpet) shark, Hemiscyllium halmahera, uses its fins to “walk” across the ocean floor in search of...
