Fantastic article!! The guys looking for it were fish researchers who saw it one time, knew instantly it was an undescribed species, and then tried for nearly 20 years to find and document it!

It's a type of ghost pipefish, related to seahorses, and it floats around coral reefs looking like a piece of algae and hunting unsuspecting prey

They are, of course, named after Snuffleufagus from Sesame Street!

Later on it the project, they got citizen science involved, and people across the Pacific started reporting sightings of snuffy fish from all over!

"Well, he really wanted to bone mum, you see, and I was really moved by it."

"By him wanting to bone your mum?"

"Yeah it charmed me. I think he's a good ol' bloke. You should apologize to him."

"To Steve the racist?"

"He told me you were real hard on him in high school, on account of him wanting to bone mum and all."

"I was hard on him because he was STEVE THE RACIST!"

Loved the post by @snout and really wanted to illustrate it! I chose the lovely cockchafer beetle for their amazing feelers and outstanding looks 💖