{"id":12162,"date":"2023-06-17T03:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T22:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12162"},"modified":"2025-03-30T07:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T02:13:56","slug":"alligator-gar-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/alligator-gar-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Alligator Gar Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Alligator Garfish:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a close relative of the <strong>bowfin species<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is known for its crocodile-like head and razor-sharp teeth.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>ray-finned euryhaline fish<\/strong> and is one of the biggest freshwater fish in North America and the largest species in the \u2018gar\u2019 family.<\/li>\n<li>This garfish grows rapidly and has a life span of 20-30 years.<\/li>\n<li>They can even sustain in the cold waters they mostly live in is 11-23 degrees Celsius.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geographical distribution: <\/strong>Normally found in <strong>northern and central America<\/strong> and also in Mexico.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats:<\/strong> It is a <strong>predator fish and a carnivore, <\/strong>it can eat all types of fish and therefore poses a threat to native species and the overall ecosystem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key facts about Dal Lake<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of <strong>Jammu and Kashmir.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is surrounded by the <strong>Pir Panjal mountains.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The lake is part of a natural wetland which covers 21.1 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi), including its <strong>floating gardens<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The floating gardens, <strong>known as \u201cRaad\u201d<\/strong> in Kashmiri, blossom with lotus flowers during July and August.<\/li>\n<li>The wetland is divided by causeways into four basins; Gagribal, Lokut Dal, Bod Dal and Nagin (although Nagin is also considered an independent lake).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Islands:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Dal Lake includes 3 islands, 2 of which are marked with beautiful <strong>Chinar trees.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The island located on the <strong>Lakut Dal<\/strong> is known as <strong>Roph Lank<\/strong> (Silver Island) and is marked by the presence of majestic Chinar trees at the four corners, thus known as Char-Chinari (Four Chinars).<\/li>\n<li>The second Chinar Island, known as <strong>Sone Lank<\/strong> (Gold Island), is located on the Bod Dal (Big Dal) and overlooks the holy shrine of Hazratbal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dal Lake is also popular for the <strong>floating market<\/strong> (known as Raad) where vendors have their own Shikaras and approach tourists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Euryhaline?<\/h3>\n<p>Euryhaline refers to organisms that have the ability to tolerate and survive in a wide range of salinity levels in their environment. These organisms can adapt and thrive in both freshwater and saltwater habitats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/wildlife-biodiversity\/carnivorous-alligator-gar-the-latest-threat-for-srinagar-s-idyllic-dal-lake--90088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Carnivorous alligator gar, the latest threat for Srinagar\u2019s idyllic Dal Lake?<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alligator gar fish is known for its crocodile-like head and razor-sharp teeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}