▁enc oun ters ▁the ▁B ona ire ▁Band ed ▁Box ▁J elly fish ." ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁species ▁of ▁the ▁genus ▁T amo ya ▁to ▁be ▁discovered ▁in ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁years . ▁The ▁International ▁Institute ▁for ▁Species ▁Ex pl oration ▁included ▁it ▁in ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁Top ▁Ten ▁New ▁Species ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁species ▁was ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁waters ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Car ib bean ▁islands ▁( then ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁Ant illes ). ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁roughly ▁ 7 0 ▁confirmed ▁sight ings ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁approximately ▁ 4 5 ▁of ▁which ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁waters ▁of ▁B ona ire ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁off ▁the ▁sh ores ▁of ▁Mexico , ▁St ▁Lu cia , ▁Cur ac ao , ▁Barb ados , ▁H ond uras ▁and ▁St ▁Vincent . ▁The ▁most ▁closely ▁related ▁species ▁of ▁T amo ya ▁oh bo ya ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁waters ▁of ▁Brazil ▁and ▁the ▁south - e astern ▁United ▁States ▁of ▁America . ▁It ▁is ▁character ized ▁by ▁a ▁deep ▁st om ach , ▁dens ely ▁spread ▁c n id oc yst s ▁and ▁band ed ▁tent acles ▁whose ▁color ▁ranges ▁from ▁re dd ish - or ange ▁to ▁dark ▁brown . ▁T amo ya ▁oh bo ya ▁is ▁hard ▁to ▁collect ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁fast ▁sw imming ▁and ▁un greg ari ous ▁nature . ▁Its ▁e col ogy ▁is ▁still ▁relatively ▁unknown , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁pres umed ▁that ▁it ▁is