Air-Breathing Fish Discovered

Air-Breathing Fish Discovered in the Amazon. Research published by National Geographic explorer Donald J. Stewart and colleagues L. Cynthia Watson and Annette M. Kretzer in the journal Copeia this week reveals strong genetic evidence for an unknown new species of arapaima that was found at several locations in southwestern Guyana.Biology professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in New York, says the team sampled hundreds of the giant fish in the Essequibo and Branco River basins in Guyana. The Branco is part of the Amazon system while the Essequibo drains separately into the Atlantic. The team found two sets of fish with highly distinct genetic markers at three locations in the Essequibo

Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/new-arapaima-species-discovered-guyana-fish/