Searching For The ‘Salmon Of The South’

Brett Albanese, biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, holds a sicklefin redhorse.

Peter Dimmick / Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Georgia is a hotspot for fish.

There are more species of fish in Georgia’s rivers and streams than almost any other state in the nation.

There’s one that scientists didn’t even realize existed until the 1990s. It’s called the sicklefin redhorse, and now that scientists know that it’s out there, they’re trying to protect it.