Marine researchers have officially recognized a brand-new species of pygmy seahorse off the coast of eastern South Africa. The tiny seahorse, roughly the same size as a grain of rice, is the first of its kind ever seen in the Indian Ocean.
Marine biologist Richard Smith described the discovery of the African or Sodwana Bay pygmy seahorse as “like finding a kangaroo in Norway,” reports National Geographic. The extraordinary find was announced on May 19, 2020, as part of a study published in the scientific journal ZooKeys.
