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3 unusual facts about Virgin spinedace


Virgin spinedace

As of 1995, the Virgin spinedace were last officially observed by Bureau of Land Management personnel in 1991, where the remaining fish were caught and deposited at the Arizona State University Museum.

Populations are known at various locations in the Virgin River system, including the North Fork and East Fork of the Virgin River in Zion National Park, the Santa Clara River, Beaver Dam Creek, and Ash Creek.

The Virgin spinedance is also found in Mohave County, Arizona, in the lower Beaver Dam Wash to its confluence with the Virgin River at Littlefield.



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