{"id":24854,"date":"2024-07-08T05:22:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T23:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24854"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:27:27","slug":"pearl-spot-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pearl-spot-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Spot Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Pearl Spot Fish:\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is commonly known as \u201c<strong>Karimeen\u201d in Kerala<\/strong> is an indigenous fish extensively found <strong>along the east and south-west coasts<\/strong> of Peninsular India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> It is an important candidate species for aquaculture in ponds in both <strong>brackish water and freshwater environments.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has an elevated laterally compressed body and a small cleft mouth. In the natural habitat, the fish is light green in colour with eight vertical bands.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Seed of pearlspot is <strong>available throughout the year<\/strong> along the east and south-west coasts of India. The peak season of abundance is during the months of May-July and November-February.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> It is one of the most widely available varieties in the South, especially in the <strong>Kerala backwaters, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>low-fat, high-protein food<\/strong>, rich in omega 3 fatty acids, which keep our heart and brain healthy.<\/li>\n<li>This variety is also rich in <strong>Vitamin D and riboflavin<\/strong>, as well as in minerals such as calcium and phosphorus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is Genome Editing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>complete genetic information<\/strong> of an organism and genome editing is a type of genetic engineering in which DNA is inserted, deleted, modified or replaced in the genome of a living organism.<\/li>\n<li>Genome editing targets the insertions to site specific locations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What are Omega-3 fatty acids (omega-3s)?<\/h3>\n<p>These are polyunsaturated fats that perform important functions in your body. Your body can&#8217;t produce the amount of omega-3s you need to survive. So, omega-3 fatty acids are essential nutrients, meaning you need to get them from the foods you eat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/kufos-to-launch-genome-editing-mission-to-boost-pearl-spot-production\/article68377904.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kufos to launch genome editing mission to boost pearl spot production<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pearl Spot Fish is commonly known as \u201cKarimeen\u201d in Kerala, is an indigenous fish extensively found along the east and south-west coasts of Peninsular India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24854","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\/24854","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=24854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}