this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago

Is fish DEI also canceled in America?

[–] Stillwater 15 points 5 days ago (3 children)

So the west coast has only 2 kinds of fish?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It's a misleading legend, but the note at the bottom tries to clear it up a bit. This map seems to more be like "We took the range maps of 238 species of fish and overlaid them. The red area is where practically all of those range maps of each 238 species of fish overlapped." Of course there are other fish, but they were not included here because the map maker didn't have the right kind of dataset for them. To me that seems to indicate that this map isn't so much a map of actual biodiversity measured, but the potential for biodiversity of the region. Given that it's fish, I guess we shouldn't be surprised that this area is somewhere between/near the northern continent's biggest river, a large gulf, and ancient mountain range, and a coast with a strong warm current (for now...).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks for the additional info!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

Even fish can't afford to live there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Probably just no more than 2 species in a given area, but not necessarily the same 2 in every area.

Plus sub-species, I assume.

[–] chickenf622 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do you have a source for this map?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fuck the other two states, amirite?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

I mean, if they can't have the decency to be contiguous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I do dream of being a fish in a diverse pond, so I require this knowledge!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Which two fish do Nevadanites get?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

What the hell is going on in Pickwick Lake?