"Pollution in the Tanshui River estuary and the destruction of habitat are the main reasons for the extinction of this species. Ironically, before the fish had been certified as a new species by taxonomists, it had already disappeared from the earth--even before they had been given their scientific name, they were extinct!"
「淡水河口污染與棲地破壞，是造成魚種生命滅絕的元兇，而更諷刺的是，這種魚卻是在被分類學家發現和證實它是新種之前，就已經在地球上消失了──還未『正名』就已經絕種了！」