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Popular pet fish listed as “threatened” under Endangered Species Act

Source
Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2016-01-22

The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a final rule Wednesday listing the Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The species will be the first saltwater aquarium fish listed, and only the twenty-eighth marine fish.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2016/01/popular-pet-fish-listed-as-threatened-under-endangered-species-act/