Native to the Gila River basin, the loach minnow and spikedace are adapted to the beautiful yet vulnerable ecology of southwestern desert rivers. These rare, pint-sized fish are just two of many river ...
The results? They’d discovered a new species: Cobitis beijingensis, or the Beijing spined loach. A Cobitis beijingensis, or Beijing spined loach. Photo from Sun, Li, Li, Hao, Sheng and Zhao ...
They were looking for a specific group of fish known as stone loaches. During the surveys, researchers found a dozen blotchy fish and, after taking a closer look, realized they’d discovered a ...