Tempestichthys bettyae is a tiny new ocean sleeper from the Coral Sea

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A new species of reef-dwelling ocean sleeper has been described from Eastern Australia. Named Tempestichthys bettyae the tiny 12.4mm long fish looks like a goby but is in fact from the sister family of the true gobies, Thalasseleotrididae. The ocean sleepers were only described as a family as recently as 2012, by Anthony Gill and…
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