The scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new species of a vibrant orange coloured deep water marine fish from Digha Mohana in West Bengal.
- The new species, commonly known as gurnards or sea-robins, belongs to the family Triglidae.
- Named Pterygotrigla intermedica, it has characters quite similar to species like Pterygotrigla hemisticta.
- It is the fourth species of Pterygotrigla genus reported in India so far, he said, and there are a total 178 species of the Triglidae family worldwide.