{"id":75108,"date":"2025-11-26T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=75108"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:58:47","slug":"cuban-gar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cuban-gar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban gar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cuban gar Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuban scientists have taken restoration efforts in Cuba&#8217;s Zapata Swamp to save the Cuban gar from extinction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cuban gar<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cuban gar (Atractosteus tristoechus), also <\/span><b>known as the manjuar\u00ed, is a fish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the family Lepisosteidae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This fish is part of a family called &#8220;gars,&#8221; which have been around for about 100 million years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>a tropical,<\/b> <b>freshwater species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, although it also inhabits brackish water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics of Cuban gar<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also notable for its <\/span><b>high tolerance of high ammonia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>nitrate levels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has the ability to breathe some atmospheric air in absence of sufficiently oxygenated water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in various habitats from large lakes and rivers to sluggish tributaries, backwaters and pools, and can <\/span><b>surive in both fresh and brackish waters.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in rivers and lakes of <\/span><b>western Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gars are <\/span><b>ambush predators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feeding on smaller fishes and <\/span><b>aquatic crustaceans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in nature.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Threats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Habitat loss, and introduction of invasive species African walking catfish.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Conservation Status: IUCN:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Critically Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/amp\/science\/story\/cuba-manjuari-cuban-gar-cienaga-zapata-swamp-restoration-endangered-iucn-red-list-invasive-catfish-hatchery-reintroduction-2825736-2025-11-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>India Today<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuban gar, also known as the manjuar\u00ed, is a fish in the family Lepisosteidae. 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