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Top Stories: A Great Lakes fish thought extinct for decades was rediscovered – in an unexpected place

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Thu Dec 12 2024

'Extinct' Great Lakes fish rediscovered in an unexpected place

Three small Shortnose Cisco are held in labeled bags after discovery by U.S. Geological Survey researchers on Lake Superior in July 2022. The fish was thought extinct on the Great Lakes for nearly 40 years, and not known to exist in Lake Superior.

The Shortnose Cisco was thought wiped out by invasive species and overfishing decades ago from where it was known to live, in Lakes Michigan and Huron.

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