Worlds loneliest fish to be saved from extinction by British Zoo

Worlds loneliest fish to be saved from extinction by British Zoo

Source: express

11/19/2024

Credit: SWNS

A British zoo is spearheading a dramatic conservation effort to save a rare fish species from extinction - after discovering it had the last one.

Keepers at Whipsnade Zoo were told the world's last remaining Boxer pupfish resides in their care. The species' official IUCN status classifies the fish as Near Threatened until a recent survey by its partners in Mexico.

It suggested that the wild population has been completely decimated - likely caused by the introduction of invasive fish species such as the Mayan cichlid.

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