Discovering an entirely new animal species has to be rather exciting for scientists. Not only will you go down in history as the person (or persons) that found a creature nobody even knew about, you also — in most cases — get to pick its new name.
Some scientists choose names for species based on where they were discovered or even add their own names into the mix. For the research duo of Luiz Rocha and Yi-Kai Tea, the name of a new fish species of bright purple fish they discovered off the east coast of Africa near Zanzibar was inspired by something close to their hearts: the Marvel cinematic universe.
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Scientists discover gorgeous new fish species, name it after Wakanda originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 13:54:48 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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