{"id":4077,"date":"2019-08-19T20:37:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2019-08-19T20:37:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:07:04","slug":"glyptothorax-gopii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/glyptothorax-gopii\/","title":{"rendered":"Glyptothorax gopii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Relevance: prelims: Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scientists of the Zoological Survey of India have discovered two new species of freshwater fish from the north-eastern and northern parts of the country.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Both fish are equipped with special morphological features to suit rapid water flow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Glyptothorax gopii:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glyptothorax gopii is a new species of catfish found in Mizoram\u2019s Kaladan river.<\/li>\n<li>It measures 63 mm standard length without caudal fin, is dark brown on its dorsal surface, and its ventral surface is of a yellowish-light brown.<\/li>\n<li>It has been named to celebrate the contribution of taxonomist K.C. Gopi.<\/li>\n<li>It has an axe-shaped anterior nuchal plate (bone below dorsal fin), which makes it distinct from other species of the genus Glyptothorax.<\/li>\n<li>The elliptical thoracic adhesive apparatus and plicae (folds of tissue) present on the ventral surfaces of the pectoral-fin<br \/>\nspine help the fish cling to rocks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Garra simbalbaraensis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Garra simbalbaraensis was found in Himachal Pradesh\u2019s Simbalbara river.<\/li>\n<li>It measures 69 mm standard length without caudal fin and has a yellowish-grey colour fading ventrally.<\/li>\n<li>It takes its name from the Simbalbara river.<\/li>\n<li>It has a prominent unilobed and rounded proboscis with tubercles that help the fish in manoeuvrability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: prelims: Environment Scientists of the Zoological Survey of India have discovered two new species of freshwater fish from the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-4077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4077"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4079,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077\/revisions\/4079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}