Natural History Wanderings

ABC News reported

Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades.

The last sighting of the Chel snakehead, or Channa amphibeus, was last recorded from specimens collected between 1918 and 1933 in the Himalayan region of India, leading scientists to believe the species had died out, according to a paper published recently in the journal Zootaxa.

Read more Fish species thought to be extinct for 85 years rediscovered – ABC News