Bizarre-Looking Minnow Sports Deeply Grooved Forehead (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Bizarre-Looking Minnow Sports Deeply Grooved Forehead

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Garra surinbinnani, a newly discovered freshwater fish species from Western Thailand, is an algae-eating minnow with an elaborately modified forehead. Researchers named the fish in honor of the late Thai conservationist Surin Binnan.

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Zachary Randall/Florida Museum

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