Image Gallery: Bali's Incredible Diversity

By Jennifer Welsh | May 16, 2011 12:53pm ET

Heteroconger, a new garden eel

Heteroconger, a new species of garden eel, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

Euphyllia, a new bubble coral

Euphyllia, a new species of bubble coral, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

Apogon, a new cardinalfish

Apogon, a new species of cardinalfish, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

Grallenia, a new goby

Grallenia, a new species of goby, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

Heteroconger, a new garden eel

Heteroconger, a new species of garden eel, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

An adult Manonichthys, a new dottyback

An adult Manonichthys, a new species of dottyback, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

A juvenile Manonichthys, a new dottyback

A juvenile Manonichthys, a new species of dottyback, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

Meiacanthus, a new fangblenny

Meiacanthus, a new species of fangblenny, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

Parapercis, a new sandperch

Parapercis, a new species of sandperch, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

Pseudochromis, a new dottyback

Pseudochromis, a new species of dottyback, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

Siphamia, a new cardinalfish

Siphamia a new species of cardinalfish, one of nine new species identified through Conservation International’s Bali Rapid Assessment Program.

Author Bio

Jennifer Welsh,: Jennifer Welsh graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz's Science Communication graduate program after working at a start up biotech company for three years after getting her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame. She has worked at WiredScience, The Scientist and Discover Magazine before joining the Live Science team.; Jennifer Welsh, on

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Heteroconger, a new garden eel

Credit: © Conservation International/Mark Erdmann