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Recently, Sangon clan in Arunachal Pradesh has launched an initiative to conserve a Himalayan ray-finned fish Transcaspian marinka (Schizothorax pelzami).
About Transcaspian marinka
- It is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizothorax in the family Cyprinidae.
- Distribution: It is mainly found in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Iran.
- Habitat: It inhabits freshwater rivers, streams, springs, and qanats, where it occupies a benthopelagic niche.
- It is locally in Arunachal Pradesh known as Ngarsing in the Nyishi language.
- Conservation Status
- IUCN: Least Concern
Key Facts about Ray-Finned Fishes
- Actinopterygians, or ‘ray-finned fishes,’ are the largest and most successful group of fishes and make up half of all living vertebrates.
- Habitat: Ray-finned fishes inhabit a variety of extreme environments. These include high altitude lakes and streams, desert springs and subterranean caves.
- Behaviour: Many ray-finned fishes exhibit migratory behavior.
- Communication: It perceives the external environment in five major ways – vision, mechanoreception, chemoreception, electroreception and magnetic reception.
Source: TH
Last updated on July, 2026
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