Technically part of the Central/South American fish fauna, and not North America, but still exciting. The entire original description is available for free:
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/zt01000.pdf
Chris Scharpf
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Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- Coelacanth, Megamouth, and now this!
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:16:36 +0000
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A new species of an ancient fish representing a previously undescribed
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Check out this story of an exciting catfish from Mexico - Lacantunia
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/06/15/catfish.species.ap/index.html
<http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/06/15/catfish.species.ap/index.html=
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- Jan Hoover
Vicksburg, MS
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