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.

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