{"id":102797,"date":"2026-05-10T15:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=102797"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:20:58","slug":"labeo-kaage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/labeo-kaage\/","title":{"rendered":"Labeo kaage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Labeo kaage Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists from the PAGR Centre of ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBFGR), Kochi, recently discovered a new freshwater fish species, Labeo kaage, from the Shivanasamudra stretch of the Cauvery River basin in Mandya, Karnataka.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Labeo kaage<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>freshwater fish.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered from the Shivanasamudra stretch of the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/kaveri-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cauvery River<\/a> basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Mandya, <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name <\/span><b>kaage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, derived from the <\/span><b>Kannada word for crow,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> refers to the <\/span><b>fish&#8217;s dark body colour.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Locally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is <\/span><b>known as \u2018kaage meenu&#8217; i<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n Karnataka.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the latest in a series of<\/span><b> dark-coloured Labeo species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discovered in the <\/span><b>Western Ghats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Recent Findings:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During 2025, the same team also discovered <\/span><b>Labeo chekida<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the <\/span><b>Chalakkudy River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> Labeo uru <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>Chandragiri River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While <\/span><b>Labeo chekida <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>locally known as \u2018kaka chekida<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;,<\/span><b> Labeo uru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b>named <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after the <\/span><b>traditional wooden dhow (uru)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Malabar coast <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">due to its <\/span><b>elongated sail-like fins.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scientists also <\/span><b>clarified the identity of Labeo nigrescens,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the enigmatic \u2018Dark Labeo&#8217; originally described in 1870, resolving a long-standing taxonomic confusion surrounding the group.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mysuru\/icar-scientists-find-new-fish-species-in-mandya\/articleshow\/130981996.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labeo kaage is a new species of freshwater fish discovered from the Shivanasamudra stretch of the Cauvery River basin in Mandya, Karnataka. 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