{"id":28099,"date":"2024-11-19T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28099"},"modified":"2025-04-08T16:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:13:33","slug":"genus-koima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/genus-koima\/","title":{"rendered":"Genus Koima"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Genus Koima:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The generic name, Koima is <strong>derived from Malayalam<\/strong> and is the vernacular word used for loaches.<\/li>\n<li>It encompasses two known species that were previously assigned under the genus Nemacheilus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features of genus Koima<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It has a unique colour pattern comprising a <strong>yellowish-brown ground colour<\/strong>, single row of black spots on lateral line, all fins hyaline, and absence of a uniform banding pattern on dorsal side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> Kunthi, Bhavani, Moyar, Kabini, and Pambar rivers in the Western Ghats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Species belongs to Genus koima<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Koima remadevii<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It typically <strong>inhabits swift-flowing riparian streams<\/strong> with substrates comprising rocks, boulders, and gravel, with sand and silt patches scattered throughout.<\/li>\n<li>Koima remadevii thrives in fast-flowing streams with rocky substrates. These fish seek shelter in the gaps between rocks and beneath boulders, finding protection from strong currents.<\/li>\n<li>Currently it is only known from its type locality in the <strong>Kunthi river<\/strong> inside <strong>Silent Valley National Park.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Koima monilis<\/strong>: It inhabits various tributaries of the <strong>Cauvery river,<\/strong> occupying microhabitats ranging from large rivers to small, fast-flowing streams at elevations between 350 and 800 m.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is a microhabitat?<\/h3>\n<p>It refers to a small-scale environment that supports a distinct flora and fauna, ranging from tree hollows to larger areas, and is selected based on the specific needs and thermal requirements of the target species.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/a-new-genus-of-freshwater-fish-discovered-in-western-ghats\/article68872417.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A new genus of freshwater fish discovered in Western Ghats<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genus Koima name is derived from Malayalam and is the vernacular word used for loaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28099","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\/28099","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=28099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}