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While collecting specimens from northwest Florida’s Chipola River for a black bass study, FWC researchers encountered fish with DNA profiles that did not belong to any known species. After genetically testing archived bass tissues, they determined the profiles were from a new species, which scientists have provisionally named the Choctaw bass (Micropterus haiaka).

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While collecting specimens from northwest Florida’s Chipola River for a black bass study, FWC researchers encountered fish with DNA profiles that did not belong to any known species. After genetically testing archived bass tissues, they determined the profiles were from a new species, which scientists have provisionally named the Choctaw bass (Micropterus haiaka). photo copyright Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission http://myfwc.com/ taken at  and featuring the  class
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