Natural History Wanderings

The Cool Down reports

One of the rarest fish in the country is slowly swimming back from the brink of extinction after being spotted in a California river for the first time in 10 years.

The Southern California steelhead trout, known for its long, spotted body with a splash of pink along its side, has been recognized as an endangered species on the national and state levels.

As of May, only 177 adults of the rare fish had been documented in creeks, streams, and rivers between Santa Maria, California, and the border of Mexico in the last 25 years, according to the Independent.

Read more  Officials discover ‘one of the rarest fish in America’ thriving in secret creek for first time in a decade: ‘It has the will to survive’