Scientists rejoice over discovery of native wetland fish thought to be extinct SatSaturday 6 MarMarch 2021 at 8:00pm For the first time in decades, a rare native fish species has been found in large numbers around Kerang. ( Print text only Key points: But in 2019, scientists discovered two of the species in the Kerang wetlands A colony of 66 of the native fish has since been discovered in the same area But now, the so-called "zombie fish" has come back from the brink, if not the dead, and scientists are determined to stop the species from slipping through their fingers again. Twenty years after the small, colourful fish was last seen in Victoria, two stragglers were found in Middle Reedy Lake at the Kerang wetlands, in the northern reaches of the state.