The Chel snakehead, also known as the Channa amphibeus, hadn’t had a recorded sighting since the last of the specimens was collected between 1918 and 1933 in the Himalayan region of India.

One of the 'world's rarest' fish species that was presumed to be extinct, the Chel snakehead, was rediscovered in the town of Kalimpong in West Bengal in 2024.

Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades.

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