{"id":119258,"date":"2026-08-14T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=119258"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:48:19","slug":"gangaichthys-indonepalicus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gangaichthys-indonepalicus\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangaichthys indonepalicus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gangaichthys indonepalicus Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A short video posted on social media in 2024 helped scientists identify Gangaichthys indonepalicus, a tiny, colourless earthworm eel found beneath the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Bihar.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gangaichthys indonepalicus<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>earthworm eel.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> tiny, colourless underground fish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found living <\/span><b>beneath the<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indo-gangetic-plains\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Indo-Gangetic Plain<\/a> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>Bihar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It appears to have evolved several <\/span><b>adaptations <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><b>survive in complete darkness.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>first subterranean, or stygobitic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>living underground,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> beneath the surface of the soil or rock), <\/span><b>fish recorded from the Gangetic Basin.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measuring around four centimetres, Gangaichthys indonepalicus has <\/span><b>reduced eyes covered by skin, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><b> translucent body without pigmentation, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and an apparent <\/span><b>absence of rib<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s \u2014 features associated with life underground in perpetual darkness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fish belongs to a completely distinct genus within the <\/span><b>earthworm eel family Chaudhuriidae. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/mumbai\/mumbai-news\/article\/scientists-discover-first-subterranean-fish-from-gangetic-basin-in-bihar-23644695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gangaichthys indonepalicus is a new species of earthworm eel found living beneath the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Bihar. 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