Tosanoides obama, Obama's basslet, is a coral reef fish species from the family Anthiadidae. [2] It was discovered in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawaii.

Dec 29, 2016 · The newest organism to bear Obama's name is a pink, blue, and yellow coral reef fish. Tosanoides obama was discovered in June of this year, and given its name in the journal ZooKeys. Obama is the only fish to live exclusively in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a protected reserve that President Obama expanded to 1,508,870 square ...

Dec 22, 2016 · Scientists have just named an adorable new species of Hawaiian coral reef fish after President Obama. The fish, now formally dubbed Tosanoides obama, was found back in June during an expedition by divers inside Hawaii's Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument - a protected area that Obama expanded earlier this year.

Sep 2, 2016 · A Fish Called Obama—Newly Discovered Species Named for President. In tribute to his marine conservation efforts in the Pacific, scientist names new species after Hawaii-born president.

On December 21, scientists from the Bishop Museum, NOAA, and the Association for Marine Exploration published a description of a new species of coral reef fish that they named after President Barack Obama.

The fish, whose scientific name is Tosanoides obama, was discovered during a June 2016 NOAA research expedition to Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Dec 21, 2016 · Next time he's vacationing in Hawaii, President Barack Obama might just bump into his new namesake: a pink, yellow and blue coral-reef fish that researchers have named in the president's honor.

Dec 22, 2016 · Scientists from the Bishop Museum, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and the Association for Marine Exploration on Wednesday published a description of the new species called...

Tosanoides obama, a new basslet (Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae) from deep coral reefs in the northwesern Hawaiisn Islands. ZooKeys 641:165-181. (Ref. 114834)

Sep 3, 2016 · Hawaii-based marine biologists Randall Kosaki, Richard Pyle and Brian Greene plan to name a colorful, newly discovered fish species after the president.