'Strange' creatures discovered in 2019

Lizards look like crocodiles, striking purple fish, sea slugs disguised as snail eggs . are 'strange' creatures discovered in 2019.

In a year of news of endangered species and the complex evolution of global climate change, biologists around the world still lit up bright spots when discovering many new species.

Purple fish "Wakanda"

Wakanda fish has a distinctive purple color - (Photo: GETTY IMAGES).

Wakanda is a fictional land, the homeland of the hero Black Panther in Marvel Comics.

The first Cirrhilabrus Wakanda were discovered to live mainly in coral reefs at depths of about 80m below the Indian Ocean, off Tanzania.

As noted, the purple-colored fish stand out among the coral reefs. Biologists believe that the incredible bright colors of fish in the dark area of ​​the sea floor are very special.

"We need to name a fish that lives in a mysterious area among African sea reefs, we thought of Wakanda," said Dr. Yi-Kai Tea, lead researcher from the University of Sydney ( Australia) said.

In 2019, Yi-Kai Tea's team also found 16 more new fish species, including the cat-eye paint catfish.

Strange reptiles

Cordylus phonolithos is one of the striped lizards living in the highest mountains of Angola - (Photo: GETTT IMAGES).

Dr. Aaron Bauer - a biologist at the University of Washington (USA) - had a "bumper year" when he found more than 15 species of gecko, one species of orange lizard, one species of body lizard with a belt, and 3 species of short-legged lizard.

Most of them are immediately listed as endangered species.

"Most of them only live in a very limited geographical area, so they are very vulnerable to changing sea habitats. For example, a wildfire can also seriously threaten their lives , " said Dr. Aaron Bauer. to speak.

Dr. Aaron Bauer said the remote lands always contain tremendous biodiversity values. So far, Aaron Bauer has introduced just 205 different reptiles.

"Disguised" slugs

Madrella amphora looks like a snail's egg in Papua New Guinea - (Image: GETTY IMAGES)

Sea slug is one of the very disguised species. In 2019, many species of sea slugs were discovered by Dr. Terry Gosliner - a zoologist of invertebrates - discovered.

In particular, the Madrella amphora has the ability to disguise to look like a snail's egg and remain for a long time."The sea slug is always ingenious, but few can disguise as well as Madrella amphora," said Dr. Terry Gosliner.

Spiders live on ants

Myrmecicultor chihuahuensis spiders live in the Chihuahua desert, Mexico - (Image: GETTY IMAGES)

The team of American scientists discovered 5 entirely new species of spiders in 2019. In particular, one of them is the spider that has a habit of living thanks to discarded ant colonies that the cause has not been explained.

Dr Darrell Ubick - a member of the research team - said this is a typical spider in the Chihuahua desert (Mexico).

"They often live deep underground, right below the nest, and the only way to see them is to dig really carefully," says Darrell Ubick.

Some other new species discovered in 2019:

Trembleya altoparaisensis is a rare flower that lives only in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (Brazil) - (Photo: GETTY IMAGES).

Stingrays Dipturus Lamillai in the Falkland Islands, south of the Atlantic Ocean, have a special shape - (Image: GETTY IMAGES).

Janolus Flavoanulatus - a species of sea slug - was discovered in the Philippines in 2019 - (Image: GETTY IMAGES).

Paint-fish with eyes similar to cat eyes in Papua New Guinea is one of the few new fish species discovered in 2019 - (Image: GETTY IMAGES) .