New deepwater butterflyfish extends its range to North East Taiwan

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A recently described butterflyfish has been reported for the first time from northeast Taiwan. Roa haraguchiae was described in 2020, but the only member of its genus represented in Taiwan until now has been Roa modesta. Most of the eight valid Roa species inhabit waters deeper than 200m and are usually only caught in bottom…
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