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Freshwater Fish Threatened

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Freshwater Fish Threatened

image: Guppies, Poecilia reticulata, are an example of an invasive fish species, and they now outnumber the endangered Mexican fish, Zoogoneticus tequila, by 6 to 1 in the pond where the last remaining population is found. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Sept. 4 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. A.E. Magurran at University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, UK, was titled, "Threats to Freshwater Fish." view more 

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