Richard Pyle/Associated Press Top: Barack Obama body surfs at Sandy Beach on the island of Oahu in 2008. Bottom: After discovering this new species of fish in June, Richard Pyle and his colleagues plan to name it after Obama and his efforts to expand the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Fish species in Hawaiian waters are well documented, which, according to Pyle, makes the discovery of a new one all the more unlikely. Courtesy of Richard Pyle Richard Pyle created his own version of Obama's presidential campaign logo with a pattern from dorsal fin found on males of the newly discovered fish species. Below, catch a glimpse of the little Obama fish ― a living testament of the president’s epic legacy of conservation.

Source: Huffington Post September 03, 2016 18:00 UTC