diff --git a/app/api/species/route.ts b/app/api/species/route.ts
index 00c5c5a..bde5bb4 100644
--- a/app/api/species/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/species/route.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export async function GET() {
             }
 
             if (merges?.length) {
-              merges.forEach(merge => {
+              merges.slice(1, merges.length).forEach(merge => {
                 if (merge.startRowIndex && merge.startRowIndex - 21 == i) {
                   speciesArray[i] = speciesArray[i] + 2;
                 }