{"id":110942,"date":"2026-07-02T13:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=110942"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:36:30","slug":"transcaspian-marinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/transcaspian-marinka\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcaspian marinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Transcaspian marinka Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Sangon clan in Arunachal Pradesh has launched an initiative to conserve a Himalayan ray-finned fish Transcaspian marinka (Schizothorax pelzami).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Transcaspian marinka<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>species of ray-finned fish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the genus Schizothorax in the family Cyprinidae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is mainly found in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Iran.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>inhabits freshwater rivers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> streams, springs, and qanats, where it occupies a <\/span><b>benthopelagic niche.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is locally in Arunachal Pradesh known as <\/span><b>Ngarsing in the Nyishi language.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Conservation Status<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IUCN: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Least Concern<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Ray-Finned Fishes<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actinopterygians, or \u2018ray-finned fishes,\u2019 are the largest and most successful group of fishes and make up half of all living vertebrates.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ray-finned fishes inhabit a <\/span><b>variety of extreme environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These include high altitude lakes and streams, desert springs and subterranean caves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Behaviour:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Many ray-finned fishes exhibit migratory behavior.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Communication:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It perceives the external environment in five major ways \u2013 vision, mechanoreception, chemoreception, electroreception and magnetic reception.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/arunachal-clan-launches-drive-to-conserve-endangered-ray-finned-fish-sustain-tradition\/article71170268.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcaspian marinka is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizothorax in the family Cyprinidae. 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