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Acanthobrama telavivensis

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “species of ray-finned fish in the cyprinidae family”. Today it says “species of freshwater ray-finned fish of the family leuciscidae found only in israel”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “species of fish”. It now reads “Species of fish”.
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The opening as it read in 2010

Acanthobrama telavivensis , the Yarkon bleak , is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found only in Israel . Its natural habitat is rivers . It is threatened by habitat loss . Acanthobrama telavivensis is listed as extinct in the wild by the IUCN Red List . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006 . 2006. : Unknown parameter |assessors= ignored ( help ) ; Unknown parameter |downloaded= ignored ( help ) : error: no identifier ( help ) IUCN 2010.1

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “species of ray-finned fish in the cyprinidae family”. Today it says “species of freshwater ray-finned fish of the family leuciscidae found only in israel”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “species of fish”. It now reads “Species of fish”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

species of ray-finned fish in the cyprinidae family

Now

species of freshwater ray-finned fish of the family leuciscidae found only in israel

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