Ghost Ray Fish in Japanese Aquarium Since 1997 Declared a New Specie

A Japanese city aquarium has made an amazing discovery. A pair of rays at the Kagoshima City Aquarium in Kyushu, Japan – which were on display since its opening in 1997 – have been identified as a new species. Researchers believe that the misidentified giant guitarfish at the city aquarium are a new species of ray. It was revealed in a joint research operation involving the Kagoshima City Aquarium along with Kuroshio Biological Research Institute and the Kagoshima University Museum, before they could ascertain that these species of rays were a previously undiscovered species. Keita Koeda, a scientist working with the Kuroshio Biological Research Institute compared the rays in the aquarium to photos of the giant guitarfish taken in the waters near the coastal city of Satsumasendai.