A new species of glyptosternine catfish, christened Exostoma Tenuicaudata has been discovered by scientists of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).
This is only one of nine species under the Exostoma genus found in the world and second discovery of the genus in over a century, ZSI scientists said.
A team of ZSI scientists caught the fish from Siang river in Upper Siang district here recently and the report of the discovery was published in 'Zootaxa', a New Zealand-based science journal.
Read more at http://www.thestatesman.com/news/northeast/new-species-of-fish-discovered-in-arunachal/112435.html#oYAmlK41wG5GlFUp.99
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