{"id":70096,"date":"2025-10-25T12:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=70096"},"modified":"2025-10-25T12:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:41:56","slug":"pseudorhombus-bahudaensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pseudorhombus-bahudaensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pseudorhombus bahudaensis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pseudorhombus bahudaensis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of researchers from the Estuarine Biology Regional Centre of the Zoological Survey of India recently discovered a new fish species named Pseudorhombus bahudaensis in the Bahuda estuary in Odisha.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Pseudorhombus bahudaensis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>flounder fish.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in the <\/span><b>Bahuda estuary in Odisha.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It bears<\/span><b> close resemblance to Pseudorhombus arsius,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commonly known as the <\/span><b>Gangetic largetooth flounder.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists believe the species may be widespread across the Indo-Pacific region.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What is a Flounder?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flounder is not a specific fish but rather a <\/span><b>group of fish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, specifically <\/span><b>flatfish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that encompass different species and different families, though they <\/span><b>all belong to the order Pleuronectiformes.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>bottom-dwelling fish,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where they<\/span><b> lie on their wide, flat bodies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>have both eyes on one side of their heads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (either the left or right, depending on the species).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Flounder are a <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">migratory species,<\/b> <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">mainly living in inshore water t<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o a depth of around 50 m, and can <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">move between saltwater and freshwater environments.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/odisha\/2025\/Oct\/23\/new-species-of-flounder-discovered-in-bahuda-estuary-in-odisha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pseudorhombus bahudaensis is a new species of flounder fish discovered in the Bahuda estuary in Odisha. 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