A fish a day: More than 300 freshwater species described in 2025

Mongabay
Mar 13, 2026, 5:07 pm103 ptsTrending
Taxonomists described 309 new species of freshwater fish in 2025, according to a report released by SHOAL, the IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group (FFSG) and the California Academy of Sciences (CAS). With nearly one new description each day of the year, the tally is the highest since 2017, and the…

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