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A Fish Returns? Investigating the Possible Reappearance of the Silver Chub

Published March 31, 2025 | Ichthyology

Amidst the various harmful changes to aquatic communities that have been observed due to human activities, we sometimes find reasons to hope that some components of these communities can be restored. The Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana) is a medium-sized, relatively nondescript minnow that...

Bowfin species: A&B - Amia calva from South Carolina, C - A. ocellicauda from Ontario.

Science Tuesday: "Living Fossils!"

Published December 12, 2022 | Ichthyology

Bowfin fishes are recognized as evolutionary relicts or ‘living fossils’ that historically were distributed worldwide, going back almost 150 million years and living alongside dinosaurs. These fishes retain many of the morphological traits of their fossil ancestors and are found only in the...

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Researching a Newly Acquired Fish Collection from Long Island

Published February 29, 2016 | Ichthyology

In 2014, the State Museum acquired Dr. Howard Reisman's (emeritus professor at Long Island University) personal collection of fish specimens. The collection has over 2,500 individual specimens, including a substantial number of samples from the marine waters surrounding Long Island.

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