NOAA Scientists Discover New Fish in Hawaiian Waters?
In tonight's earth and sea project report, a team of Hawaii scientists may have discovered a new species of fish in the Northwest Hawaiian islands. They're a NOAA team that returned this week from an expedition to study the beautiful fish and marine life there. Among the stunning scenery, they think they found a new species of fish.
Dr. Jeff Drazen detailed, "One of the animals we observed on this expedition was a fish called an eel pout. We don't know the species for certain, but it belongs to a family of fishes that have never been documented in the Hawaiian Islands."
These are the 3 eel pout, which have never been seen in Hawaiian waters before. These were at a depth of 10,000 feet. They're here eating bait fish. " They were attracted to the bait and they seemed to eat some of the other animals that were also attracted," said Drazen...
