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Article: The year of the fish.
- Article from:
- Endangered Species Update
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
- Author:
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Our first thought about raising fish was, "We're going to raise what?" We were one of 10 lucky classrooms chosen to raise the endangered razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) as part of a program to help save native Colorado River species.
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