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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to review the status of the Rio Grande cutthroat trout to determine if the fish should be a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act.

The agency announced its plans Tuesday in the Federal Register, saying it will make a determination by April 2008 based on the results of the status review. Comments will be accepted through July 6.

Conservationists say the fish has disappeared from nearly all of its historic range and is threatened by nonnative trout and habitat degradation, among other things.