{"id":126992,"date":"2026-10-01T12:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=126992"},"modified":"2026-10-01T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:33:52","slug":"bathymyrus-perplexus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bathymyrus-perplexus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathymyrus perplexus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bathymyrus perplexus Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists recently identified a new fish species in the Bay of Bengal, Bathymyrus Perplexus, almost four years after it was first discovered off the coast of Paradip. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bathymyrus perplexus<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new species of fish.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was identified in the Bay of Bengal, almost four years after it was first <\/span><b>discovered off the coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/paradip-port\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paradip<\/a>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odisha.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 2021 and 2025, researchers recorded 32 specimens from <\/span><b>Paradip, West Bengal, the Godavari region and Kakinada.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is typically found in<\/span><b> waters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ranging from <\/span><b>50 to 100 meters deep off the coast.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Bathymyrus perplexus <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fish has a <\/span><b>long, cylindrical body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It possesses a <\/span><b>distinctive head and snout structure.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>body colour <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ranges from <\/span><b>pink to a cloudy pink hue.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is <\/span><b>heavy black pigmentation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the <\/span><b>upper part of the head<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a <\/span><b>black mark <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extends from the<\/span><b> eye to the snout.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thin black margins<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">line the outer edges of its dorsal and anal fins.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its mouth features <\/span><b>teeth on both the upper and lower jaws<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as <\/span><b>on the head region.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/state\/zsi-gopalpur-identifies-new-fish-species-discovered-in-bay-of-bengal-off-paradip-coast-names-it-bathymyrus-perplexus-enn26093003256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>ETVB<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bathymyrus perplexus is a new species of fish identified in the Bay of Benga. 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