Posted on 01/30/2014 2:16:42 PM PST by NormsRevenge
(Reuters) - A tiny fish characterized by a disproportionately large head and previously unknown to scientists has been found in mountain rivers of Idaho and Montana in what biologists said on Thursday marked a rare discovery.
The new aquatic species is a type of freshwater sculpin, a class of fish that dwell at the bottom of cold, swiftly flowing streams throughout North America and are known for their oversized head and shoulder structure.
"The discovery of a new fish is something I never thought would happen in my career because it's very rare in the United States," said Michael Young, co-author of a scientific description of the find published in the latest edition of the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa.
Scientists with the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station in Montana first encountered the new species while conducting a genetic inventory of fish found in the upper Columbia River basin, said Young, also an agency fisheries biologist.
At first, researchers were not sure they had stumbled on a never-before-seen fish.
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I have had muskrats come up in the shanty with me. As long as they don’t bother me, I don’t bother them.
The lake here is only about 100 yards across at most so I’m always within reach.
whatever fish run but not to the hills and besides i gots stripes
new fish my a## just another bullhead i can see an endangered species act headed my way well the fools better remember I AM CLAUDE DALLAS
Oh crap... that’ll be the end of something.
Fukushima? The West Coast is rife with reports of irradiated fish and birds and mammals. It’s not getting national coverage because it can’t be proved, but the people who have lived there all their lives know what’s going down.
That’s a highly-modified nurse shark.
From a web search:
“There are only five species found here in Montana but the differences between them are so small that only an expert can tell them apart.”
I’m guessing that is the same here for the sixth species. Probably something like “elongated brown spots instead of oval shaped brown spots”.
Is that for the local dog park?
Yep. Makes a great fire hydrant.
Heh
Better tell fred ...he’s got competition
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