UpdatedTue, Dec 29, 2020 at 7:54 pm ET
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NORWALK, CT – A Barrens topminnow, an endangered species being bred and raised at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk for release in their ancestral streams in Tennessee as part of an effort to save the species. (Tennessee Aquarium /Casey Phillips)
Press release from The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk:
December 29, 2020
NORWALK, CT – About two dozen fish raised in The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk recently were turned loose into a remote ancestral stream in Tennessee, the latest release that s part of a shared effort to save its endangered species.
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The fish – the Barrens topminnow (Fundulus julisia) – is a colorful 4-inch-long fish found only in streams and springhead pools on the Barrens Plateau in middle Tennessee. Due to declining numbers and loss of critical habitat, the species was officially classified as Endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in October 2019.
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