The Roanoke logperch, a fish once confined to just 14 streams, has recovered enough to be removed from the US endangered species list,” reports The Doomslayer.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service explains:
After reviewing the best available science, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the Roanoke logperch — a large freshwater darter — is no longer at risk of extinction and will be removed from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife.
When the Roanoke logperch was listed as endangered in 1989, it was found in 14 streams. Since then, aquatic restoration efforts have created more suitable habitat, and monitoring has identified additional populations. By 2019, the species had more than doubled its range, occupying 31 streams across Virginia’s upper Roanoke, Smith, Pigg, Otter, and Nottoway River systems, Goose Creek, and North Carolina’s Dan, Mayo, Smith River systems and Big Beaver Island Creek….
The Roanoke logperch is known as the king of the darters because of its large size relative to others in the typically diminutive family. These fish grow to six inches long, on average, have strongly patterned fins and can be identified by the orange band on their dorsal fins. Roanoke logperch have noticeably bulbous snouts, which they use to overturn small pebbles and shells when hunting for invertebrates
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