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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 14, 1993                   TAG: 9303140173
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: FROSTBURG, MD.                                LENGTH: Short

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NEW FISH SPECIES FOUND IN MARYLAND

A new species of freshwater fish has been discovered in streams that feed into the Potomac River in western Maryland, state officials said.

The strange-looking member of the sculpin family, a fish with a big, flat head and upward-gazing eyes, was found by Frostburg State University biologist Richard Raesly. The fish had earlier been mistaken for the slimy sculpin, a distant relative.

Sculpins are among the toughest freshwater fish in North America to identify because a microscope is needed to tell them apart. Earlier researchers had found an "undescribed species" in the creeks along the Potomac.

- Associated Press

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