Invasive species and pollution threaten to drive the subspecies to extinction.
Researchers at Penn State have announced they have discovered a new subspecies of Chesapeake logperch. Photo used with permission from Penn State.Researchers from Penn State believe they have discovered a new subspecies of fish in the Susquehanna River.
“We concluded that the Chesapeake logperch found in the lower Susquehanna River and a few of its tributaries is not the same as closely related fish found in the other drainages,” said Jay Stauffer, a professor of ichthyology at Penn State and leader of the research team, in the post. “That makes our project to rescue and reintroduce the fish into the river and tributaries even more urgent.”
However, while listen on endangered species lists in both Pennsylvania and Maryland, Stauffer believes the adding the Chesapeake logperch to the federal endangered species list would cause problems for planned development to the Chesapeake Bay.
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