
Aquarium Fish Threatened With Extinction Just Months After Discovery
March 9, 2007 @ 08:19 AM (EST)
Source: Nationalgeographic.com
Just months after the discovery of a colorful new aquarium fish in Southeast Asia, worldwide demand and intense exportation are already causing concern about the survival of the species.
The celestial pearl danio (Celstichthys margaritatus) was first found in August by a commercial aquarium-fish dealer near the town of Hopong in Myanmar (formerly Burma), which neighbors China and Thailand...
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