In an attempt to rescue a rare darter in the lower Susquehanna River, a Penn State research team, working with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, has determined that the fish is a distinct subspecies found nowhere else.
And that makes the effort to restore its population even more important, the researchers say.
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