Transcaspian marinka

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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

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