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Unique Striped Mullet Found By Workers In Chesapeake Watershed

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ) -- Maryland Department of Natural Resources workers found unique fish in the Chesapeake watershed.

A DNR team was electrofishing for blue catfish in Hunting Creek, a tributary of the Patuxent River near Benedict Bridge in Anne Arundel County when they came across a striped mullet.

Interesting Find! Our team was electrofishing for blue catfish in Hunting Creek, a tributary in the Patuxent River...

Posted by Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries on Monday, February 24, 2020

Although its a coastal fish, it's not commonly found in the Chesapeake watershed. It's normally found down South.

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