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“Finding and describing new species is vital for understanding the biodiversity of our planet and protecting it from further loss,” Shannon Bennett, chief scientist at the California Academy of Sciences, said in a news release reporting 138 new species discoveries by its scientists in 2024. They range from a fish called a goby that lives in sponges in Indonesian waters to an endangered dahlia from Oaxaca, Mexico.