New FAMILY of freshwater fish discovered.

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Two species of fish belonging to a new family of fish, dragon snakehead, were discovered in India. 

Dragon snakeheads—strange new underground fish—discovered in India

WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM

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The primitive fishes, which scientists call “living fossils,” represent a new taxonomic family, a rare finding.

 

[Lemon]

now can we keep them is the question 

[RovingGinger]

That’s crazy cool. It makes me wonder if they were spotted locally and kind of rumors (or grouped in with something else) that got confirmed or so rare that it was a once in a lifetime chance to spot one above ground without hunting them out. 

[Ryo Watanabe]

Wow 🤩 that is a cool looking snakehead! Really cool to see a new fish being discovered and makes me wonder how many more undiscovered fish are out there. Thanks for sharing!

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54 minutes ago, RovingGinger said:

That’s crazy cool. It makes me wonder if they were spotted locally and kind of rumors (or grouped in with something else) that got confirmed or so rare that it was a once in a lifetime chance to spot one above ground without hunting them out. 

According to the article on rare occasions it was seen by locals, but not often enough for it to even really be known as a rare fish. A researcher saw  a picture on social media of a odd fish a local that found in his backyard well.