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A biologist said discovering a new bass species is the biggest thing to happen in his career. (Courtesy Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
By Steve Rogers, OutdoorChannel.com
Introducing, the Choctaw bass.
Scientists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have discovered a new species of black bass in the southeastern United States. The American Fisheries Society must approve the suggested name of the species for it to take effect, but that appears to be only a formality.
“We didn’t set out to find a new species,” Mike Tringali, the head of the genetics laboratory at the FFWCC’s Wildlife Research Institute, said in a May 7 release. “It found us.”