image: Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bolivia Program have announced the documentation of a natural phenomenon new to science: the mass migration of a small obscure fish known locally as the "chipi chipi."
The announcement of the newly documented migration coincides with World Fish Migration Day 2014 (May 24th), a one-day global initiative aimed at creating public awareness on the importance of open rivers and migratory fish, with local events held worldwide. The documentation was made by WCS Conservationist Guido Miranda, who recently captured footage of the tea-colored Beni River virtually boiling over with millions of 1-inch long juvenile fish (see video by Guido Miranda/WCS: http://youtu.be/pNvCOl_zjho).
Credit: Photo credit: Mileniusz Spanowicz /WCS