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Prelims level: Glyptothorax punyabratai and its natural habitat
Mains level: NA
Why in the news?
Glyptothorax punyabratai, a new catfish species, has been discovered in the Brahmaputra River drainage in Arunachal Pradesh.
- The discovery was made by the ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBFGR), Lucknow, and published in the journal Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.
Glyptothorax punyabratai
- It was collected from the Tung Stream, a tributary of the Tissa River, within the Brahmaputra River basin.
- It has a unique rhomboidal-shaped thoracic adhesive apparatus, which is a specialized structure that helps the fish adhere to surfaces.
- The holotype and paratype specimens are housed at the National Fish Museum-cum-Repository of the ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow.
- This discovery underscores the potential for both utilization and conservation of fish biodiversity in unexplored areas.
PYQ:[2019] Consider the following pairs
Which of the pairs given correctly matched? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 |
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