{"id":26953,"date":"2024-09-30T05:48:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T00:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26953"},"modified":"2025-04-08T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T00:30:31","slug":"new-fish-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-fish-species\/","title":{"rendered":"New Fish Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About New Fish Species:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These are new species of <strong>torrent minnows.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A torrent minnow is a small <strong>freshwater fish<\/strong> belonging to the genus Psilorhynchus within the family Psilorhynchidae.<\/li>\n<li>These fish are commonly <strong>found in fast-flowing streams<\/strong>, particularly in regions with strong currents such as rivers and mountain streams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Garra zubzaensis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was found in the <strong>Zubza River,<\/strong> a <strong>tributary of the Brahmaputra River<\/strong> in Kohima district.<\/li>\n<li>The river, with its mix of gravel, cobbles, and sand, provides an ideal habitat for this benthic species.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> These fish are specially adapted to live in fast-flowing, rocky streams, using their gular discs\u2014sucker-like structures\u2014to cling to surfaces and forage for food.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Psilorhynchus kosygini<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was discovered in <strong>the Tepuiki River<\/strong>, a tributary of the Barak River in Nagaland\u2019s Peren district.<\/li>\n<li>It belongs to a genus known primarily from <strong>South Asia and Southeast Asia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> This species was found in the <strong>fast-flowing, shaded waters<\/strong> of the Tepuiki River, where it thrives in the river&#8217;s gravel and rocky substrate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Pisciculture?<\/h3>\n<p>Pisciculture or fish farming, is the process of breeding, producing, and shipping fish for both home and commercial purposes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastmojo.com\/news\/2024\/09\/29\/two-new-species-of-freshwater-fish-discovered-in-nagaland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two new species of freshwater fish discovered in Nagaland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Fish Species namely Garra zubzaensis and Psilorhynchus kosygini have been discovered in Nagaland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26953","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\/26953","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=26953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}