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Pufferfish builds mysterious circles on the seabed

It is named new species.

When researchers discovered pufferfish was the answer to a longstanding mystery submarine, documentation also showed the culprit to be very different from any of its known relatives.

Beautiful circular designs have been seen on the Japanese seabed since 1995, but until recently its origins remain a mystery .

Finally a blowfish was observed in building the structures of sand, while last year behavior has proven to be a tactic to attract mates .

The study also provides clear underwater images of the puffer fish from which the researchers discovered the possibility that the species was new to science.

The coloration of the head and body, brown with white spots on the back and silvery white with white markings on its abdomen, helped scientists distinguish the blowfish with white dots all other species of the genus Torquigener.

Photo: BBC.COM

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