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The worlds rarest fish: swimming on the edge of existence.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Sep2024 (Volume) 37 (Number) 1
Medium (Periodical) Biological Sciences Review.
Classif 570 BIO
Subject Biology
Page 16 - 19
Authors Robertson, Alicia
Contents

In the middle of the hottest desert on Earth lives the world's rarest fish. It lives on the shallow shelf of an oxygen-deprived water basin measuring only 3 meters wide, 21 meters long and around 152 meters deep. The author tells the remarkable story of the Devils Hole pupfish.

Keywords
Adaptation     Ecosystems     Evolution     Evolutionary theory     Genetic diversity     Natural selection