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Hula bream (Acanthobrama hulensis) - same genus: Yarkon Bream (Acanthobrama telavivensis)
There are few images of the Hula bream. The photo shows the Yarkon bream (Acanthobrama telavivensis) from Israel, which belongs to the same genus. (© MERRYcristhmas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Hula bream

Drainage of lake and wetland led to extinction of fauna The wetlands surrounding the 20 square kilometer Hula Lake (also known as Hula Lake, Chula Lake) in Israel were artificially drained in the 1950s to create agricultural land. Within a few years, the endemic fauna of the lake – including

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Male and female Tasmanian tiger, photographed around 1904 at the Washington D.C. National Zoo. (© Baker; E.J. Keller., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Thylacine

Tasmanian wolf or Tasmanian tiger: Neither wolf nor tiger The name Tasmanian wolf might be misleading, as that animal was neither a wolf nor did it resemble one. Rather, its physique was more similar to a dog or dingo; with shorter front legs than hind legs, the thylacine even resembled

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