Four decades of data deficiency, solved by one woman who just thought it was a weird prawn.
Indigenous fisherwoman finds 'lost' spinach pipefish, not seen by science in 40 years
On the final day of a two-week expedition along Papua New Guinea's Sepik River, local fisherwoman Helen Asu brought researchers two spinach pipefish caught in her traditional umben hand net near Imbando village. The species, known only from the Sepik, had not been recorded by scientists since 1985 and was listed as data deficient by the IUCN. The rediscovery allows researchers to begin filling four decades of knowledge gaps.
Source: Indigenous fisherwoman finds 'lost' spinach pipefish, not seen by science in 40 years — Mongabay Conservation
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