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Feared extinct for nearly half a century, Batman River fish rediscovered in Turkey 
By Miriam Berger TR Source: washingtonpost 12/9/2021
Miriam Berger
Credit: Re:wild
Batman has returned — the Batman River loach, that is.

The tiny freshwater fish was last seen by scientists in southeastern Turkey in 1974. The yellow-and-brown-striped loach, which grows to only around 1.4 inches, is the Middle East’s smallest loach species. Categorized as critically endangered, it once populated the streams and tributaries around Batman River, which feeds into the Tigris.

For nearly five decades, ichthyologists — zoologists focused on fish — have been searching for the loach.
 

They’ve scoured shallow, rocky and fast-flowing parts of rivers, the fishes’ favorite climate, using tightly woven nets meant to catch tiny critters, according to Shoal, a London-based conservation initiative involved in these efforts. The Batman River loach was one of Shaol’s “10 Most Wanted Lost Species” of fish that its partners prioritized trying to find.

And then — they did.

On a recent expedition, 23 fish turned up in the nets of Cüneyt Kaya, a fish taxonomist, and Münevver Oral, a geneticist, who had been working to narrow down possible streams where the fish could still be.

“I’ve been researching this area for 12 years and this fish was always on my wish list,” Kaya, an associate professor at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, told the Guardian. “It’s taken a long time. When I saw the distinctive bands on the fish, I felt so happy. It was a perfect moment.”

 
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