Introducing the tiny but mighty Laurel Dace 🐟 This beautiful minnow is found only in Chattanooga’s backyard, and it desperately needs your help! The Laurel Dace is one of the most-endangered fish in North America, facing threats like habitat loss, invasive predators and parasites. On Giving Tuesday (Dec.3), we’re asking the community to help us prevent this mountain beauty from going extinct. Your donation, big or small, will directly support the Aquariums efforts to save the Laurel Dace and pr

The final episode 5 of our redside dace video series is here! 🐟 We’ve talked a lot about redside dace biology, habitat, and measures to protect redside dace populations over the last four videos. In this final, video we’ll highlight how you can help protect the redside dace at home and in your community. Thanks for watching our video series – if you want to know more about the redside dace check out www.ontariostreams.on.ca or www.torontozoo.com/tz/greatlakes. 🐟 | The Toronto Zoo

The Laurel Dace at the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute's field station have concluded their spawn and are growing quickly. Currently, biologists are caring for juveniles of this critically endangered fish at various stages of development, from as young as 10 days to more than two months old! #babyanimals #babies #fish #biology #science #laureldace #endangeredspecies #conservation #tennesseeaquarium | Tennessee Aquarium

Virgin spinedace is a native fish specially adapted to sensitive desert streams within the Virgin River Basin in southwestern Utah, southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. Because the range of Virgin spinedace is limited to only a few streams, its populations are managed under a conservation agreement that provides protection for the species and directs management actions for its conservation. The Virgin spinedace Conservation Agreement is a multi-state cooperative management effort that c

The critically endangered Laurel Dace staying with us at our conservation institute have started spawning, and their eggs are rapidly developing into baby fish! #hope #fish #science #biology #laureldace #endangeredspecies #tennesseeaquarium | Tennessee Aquarium