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1. This fish was found in the deep Mariana Trench and was added to the IISE list in 2018. What is the name of the previously unknown creature that sounds like a cross between something you might find in your garden and something that swims in the sea?
2. Sometimes, new species are named using colours. What surprising colour made the IISE list in 2008 as part of a name of a new species identified that year?
3. What species, reminiscent of Harry Potter, was on the IISE list of top new species in 2017?
4. Social media is great for keeping in touch with friends and family members, but it can also help science. What new species of carnivorous plant was added to the IISE list in 2016 as a result of some photos that were posted to Facebook?
5. Not all new species on the IISE lists are animals. Which Asian tree was placed in their new species list in 2014?
6. Added to the IISE list in 2012, which new species is named after a cartoon character?
7. One new species found in 2011 does not have a common name. Given its scientific name "halomonas titanicae", where do you think it was found?
8. Here is another new species that made the IISE list in 2009 that doesn't have a common name. Why did the phobaeticus chani make the list that year?
9. Why did the torquigener albomaculosus, a new species of pufferfish, end up on the IISE top ten list in 2015?
10. The lesula monkey found its way to the IISE top ten list in 2013. Why were scientists so excited about this find?
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