Gold Fish: Named After Barack Obama

The researchers have found a maroon and a gold fish 300 feet deep in the waters off Kure Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The researchers have named the fish after President’s name as an honor. This year President Obama has promised to save the nature through an increase of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
The fish belongs to Tosanoides genus and was discovered in June 2016 at the world’s northern most coral islands during the research trip to Kure. According to the researchers the island is made of huge coral reefs.
The researchers have referred the Papahanaumokuakea Marin National Monument as home to millions of sea creatures such as seabirds, endangered turtles, endangered monk seals, and many more.
The site is home for 7,000 species including this newly found Obama-fish. A researcher also got surprised because the fish is only found within the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument surrounding 1,510,000 square kilometer of sea water. The researchers have cleared in a statement that this newly found fish showed a new species of Tosanoides genus.
Scientists termed a small maroon and gold fish species after the name of US President Barack Obama this specie was discovered 300 feet deep in the waters off Kure Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

The fish was named in honor of Barack Obama for his promise to protect nature through the elaboration of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, researchers said.
It was discovered in June this year during a research trip to Kure, the world's northernmost atoll. This fish is found only in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, a World Heritage site encompassing 1,510,000 square kilometers of ocean waters, having ten islands and tolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

A male specimen was taken for further analysis. The female specimen was collected a few days later from the male by Bishop Museum at an atoll about 249 kilometers from Kure.
Researchers also confirmed that the fish represent a new species, the first member of the genus Tosanoides found outside of the waters off Japan.

By: Saksham Gupta
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