New species of killifish from Kenya already critically endangered

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Mar 12, 2025, 3:24 pm1.2k ptsInterestingTop
A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has been described in the journal Zootaxa. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning "pertaining to the forest," is also the first known endemic killifish to persist in a forest.

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