Researchers Find New Fish Species in Great Barrier Reef

The University of the Sunshine Coast found the new coral reef fish, the Lady Elliot Shrimp Gob.

A newly discovered fish species the Lady Elliot Shrimp Goby in the Great Barrier Reef. AAP Image/Supplied by University of the Sunshine Coast

A new fish was “uniquely” discovered in the Great Barrier Reef’s southern waters, Sunshine Coast researchers said on Oct. 9.

The University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) found the new coral reef fish, the Lady Elliot Shrimp Gob, while mapping the changing biodiversity on Lady Elliot Island. The discovery comes while marine life was disappearing, researchers said.