Friday, March 14, 2025

New species of killifish from Kenya already critically endangered

A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has now been described. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning 'pertaining to the forest', is also the first known endemic killifish to persist in a forest.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/N8Bk9dL

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