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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Check out our latest story! One unique sucker The cui ui (pronounced "KWEE-wee") is a lake suckerfish species and living remnant from the last ice age that occurs only in Pyramid Lake in northern Nevada. The fish is highly revered by the Paiute people and is also carefully protected by the staff of the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Credit: Dan Hottle//USFWS   Cui ui once roamed throughout nearly 8,500 square miles of Lake Lahontan, North America's largest body of water that stretched across much of Nevada more than 10,000 years ago   By Dan Hottle July 12, 2017 The saga of the endangered cui ui is every bit as unique as the sucker itself. Pronounced "KWEE-wee," this lake suckerfish species is a living prehistoric artifact of the last ice age, curiously studied by biologists and highly revered by the Paiute people. It is also carefully protected by the staff of the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For starters, this fish is not listed as endangered because there's too few of them left alive, but rather because of where it lives – in a magnificent terminal desert lake that has struggled for survival for eons. Continue to full story... Stay Connected with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region     This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region · 2800 Cottage Way · Suite W-2606 · Sacramento, CA 95825