Fish once thought extinct released into wild

September 12, 2023 10:05 PM

Fish once thought extinct released into wild. Native southern purple-spotted gudgeon fish (once thought to have been extinct for two decades) have been released into a Victorian wetland.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (5 comments total)

That's excellent news, and thank you for sharing it, but my first thought on reading the post was that Australian time machine technology must be much more advanced than I had realized.
posted by ALeaflikeStructure at 5:36 AM on September 13, 2023 [2 favorites]

My favorite color-spotted little fishies! I hope they continue to thrive!!
posted by kitten kaboodle at 10:26 AM on September 13, 2023

I’m going to have the phrase “zombie fish” stuck in my head for days, along with some pretty creepy Halloween costume ideas.
posted by MexicanYenta at 12:00 PM on September 13, 2023

I'm getting the impression that the last two fish repopulated the earth their local area, but this article makes it sound more like the 66 fish they found afterwards may have helped?

These gudgeons sound fun at parties: "It is territorial but is not particularly boisterous, although it will probably eat any tankmate it can fit in its mouth."
(from the ad-infested Seriously Fish)
posted by Baethan at 12:17 PM on September 13, 2023

Yay, fish friends!
posted by brundlefly at 12:11 PM on September 14, 2023