Researchers rediscover fish species once believed extinct in Lake Superior

Researchers rediscover fish species once believed extinct in Lake Superior

Source: fox17online

12/17/2024

Researchers on Lake Superior have "rediscovered" the shortnose cisco, a Great Lakes fish species thought to have been extinct for decades.

Before the usual suspects — overfishing and invasive species — wiped out the freshwater whitefish, the shortnose cisco swam in Lakes Michigan, Huron and Ontario.

Belonging to a class of fish called coregonines, they likely went extinct in the '80s, most experts in the field thought.

Lake Superior

Cisco, Shortnose

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