Indonesian Names for New Shark Species

April 28, 2009

THE color pattern of this shark embryo is amazing and will disappear as it matures,” said William White in his email to Indroyono Soesilo, Secretary of the Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare. The shark expert from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization made a request that the newly found shark species in the waters of Lombok and Bali be named Hemitriakis indroyonoi.

According to White, the name constitutes

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