"French ichthyologists led by Dr Philippe Keith of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris have described a new species of pike from the Charente to the Adour drainages of France." Sergio Prostak, 30 August 2014.
There has always been Pike species all over Europe. However, when scientists were exploring the species, they found out through morphological and molecular analysis that there was a new specie of such animal. There was the Northern pike and the Cisalpine pike which both are very common in French lakes. Then, they realized there was an unknown specie and they decided to call it Aquitanian pike because they found it in Aquitaine.
For the full article visit: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-aquitanian-pike-esox-aquitanicus-new-fish-species-france-02124.html
No comments:
Post a Comment