american Researchers managed to film for the first time copies of dragon marino red –Phyllopteryx dewysea– in the face of australia’s western coast, according to the magazine – Marine Biodiversity Records. Loading video… These marine fish of the snout similar to that seahorses were described already in 2015, but through dead specimens. The dragons newly discovered inhabiting the seagrass meadows, to more than 50 meters of depth in the archipelago of The Recherche. See also: Film for the first time a shark ghost Measure 25 inches in length and could be observed even by eating. Thanks to its snout cling to the seaweed to avoid the drag of the current. In the region, the dragons of marine red have two close relatives: the dragon of the sea deciduous (Phycodurus eques) and the dragon common marine (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). They have a few extensions in the shape of leaves which are reminiscent of the algae and provide them a perfect camouflage. “It was surprising to discover that the dragon marino red has no extensions of any kind,” explains study co-author, Josefin Stiller, of the oceanographic institute in La Jolla. See also: Video: a robot recorded the life under the ice of Antarctica however, neither of the two relatives have a prehensile tail, so that it is not known how they will have developed the prehensile tail of the dragon marine red. In addition, two other types of dragons live in shallow waters, so they are often seen by divers in the south-eastern coast of Australia. Source: DPA
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