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New Amazon killifish is named from three forest pools and proposed as endangered

Researching killifish life cycles across Brazilian biomes

In three forest pools near Laranjal do Jari, in Brazil's Amapá state, researchers found a killifish less than three centimeters long with rows of orange spots along its front and bold chevrons near its tail. They named it Laimosemion laranja and, in the same paper, proposed that it be classified as endangered.

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"We found this fish with a very striking coloration, which immediately caught our attention."

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"Considering that urban expansion and mining activities are pointed to as the main human impacts in the sampled habitats, our assessment suggests that protection of the region is not sufficient."

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