Researchers with Australia’s national science agency are reporting 20 new species of bats, rays, sharks, and other such rubbery, scaleless, gray fish. What catches the eye here is how they did it: by surveying catches at local fish markets in Indonesia for five years. The nation catches 100,000 tons of such animals yearly and has the world’s most diverse shark and ray fauna as well as its biggest fishery.

The AP‘s Michael Casey has the item.

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