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logo 11/25/2024 9:48:48 PM     
Rare fish species hasnt been seen in creek for 20 years 
By Julia Daye CA Source: yahoo 2/21/2024
Julia Daye
An at-risk species of fish eluded detection in a tributary of the Thames River for over two decades — but now conservationists are celebrating.

The elusive black redhorse was spotted summer 2023 in Fish Creek, a body of water near London, Ontario,, where researchers found a healthy population of the widely threatened species.
 

“We were thrilled,” aquatic biologist Erin Carroll told Global News. “Looking at the fish, it looked healthy. Had a nice shine, a little bit of, almost iridescence and didn’t see any lesions or tumors or anything that would indicate that it was unhealthy.”

 
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