Soil-dwelling fish dug up in rainforest of Costa Rica

Soil-dwelling fish dug up in rainforest of Costa Rica

By Aspen Pflughoeft

Source: miamiherald

10/8/2024

In the rainforest of Costa Rica, a soil-dwelling fish with skin-covered eyes maneuvered through the mud. Its small size and underground lifestyle likely helped it go unnoticed — until now. When scientists finally found the “unusual” animal, it turned out to be a new species.

Researchers first encountered these fish by accident. Excavation work at Las Brisas Nature Reserve in 2021 happened to dig up two unfamiliar-looking swamp eels, according to a study published Oct. 2 in the peer-reviewed journal Ichthyology and Herpetology.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
701	Goliath grouper fish weighing 60-70lbs wash up on Florida beach	The Independent	2024-03-04	US
702	Whistleblower video raises concerns about fish welfare at B.C. caviar farm	castlegarnews	2024-03-13	CA
703	Rare Suwa fish worth millions of rupees caught by Thatta fishermen	samaa	2024-03-13	PK
704	Copyright Notice Copying our articles to share with others is a breach of our terms and conditions. To share articles, please u	undercurrentnews	2024-03-29	CA
705	National public lands group to hold annual gathering in Minnesota	echopress	2024-04-01	US
706	A fishing accident blinded me but I was forced to keep working	theguardian	2024-03-13	TW
707	First-time 1-day fishing season for juvenile sand eels in west Japan	mainichi	2024-03-14	JP
708	Leeds men fined nearly £800 after being caught fishing at Driffield trout stream	yorkshireeveningpost	2024-03-14	UK
709	Biden earmarks half a billion for salmon on upper Green River	Seattle Times	2024-03-11	US
710	Feds seize 1,250 pounds illegally caught fish off South Padre Island	myrgv	2024-03-11	MX
711	Minnesota DNR rewriting statewide muskie plan	echopress	2024-03-28	US
712	The Klamath River salmon die-off was tragic	oregoncapitalchronicle	2024-03-11	US
713	Catches of King of Fish at lowest ever EVER as Scottish salmon rates plummet by a quarter in a year	Daily Mail	2024-03-15	UK
714	One of the rarest fish on the planet is dying in the Keys	wusf	2024-03-10	US
715	Simply Catastrophic: California Salmon Season to Be Restricted or Shut Down	lostcoastoutpost	2024-03-11	US
716	Сазаны в ледовых лунках	ohotniki	2024-03-19	RU
717	Maine Fishermen Caught More Fish in 2023	Associated Press	2024-03-25	US
718	Lobsters to monitor impact of offshore mussel farming	thefishsite	2024-03-21	US
719	MDH says to avoid eating fish from parts of the Mississippi River	echopress	2024-03-22	US
720	Still no smoking gun as bizarre fish behavior spreads in Florida Keys	local10	2024-03-13	US
721	Californias salmon strategy includes tribal quest led by the Winnemem Wintu	CBC News	2024-03-14	US
722	DNREC Announces Take a Kid Fishing! Spring Events	einnews	2024-03-23	US
723	Редчайшую рыбу-свинью выловили в Чёрном море впервые за 60 лет	Тайны Океанов	2024-03-20	RU
724	Scientists continue to search for whats poisoning Lower Keys fish	wfit	2024-03-03	US
725	Mekong River fish face extinction as threats mount	gulfnews	2024-03-03	CG