Three new species of Aborichthys fish discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

Aborichthys uniobarensis, Aborichthys barapensis and Aborichthys palinensis are the three new species of fish of genus Aborichthys of family Nemachelidae, discovered in Arunchal Pradesh.

• The discovery has been published in international journals like Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, Journal of Threatened Taxa and FishTaxa.

• These new species have been discovered by the Department of Zoology of Dera Natung Government College of Itanagar.

• The three fish species are distributed in streams like Senki, Barap and Palin, which are the tributaries of Brahmaputra river system.

• Aborichthys is an elongate and slender-bodied bottom dwelling freshwater stone loach that inhabits the moderate-to-fast flowing water of mountain rivers, streams and drainages of the Brahmaputra river basin.

• It is endemic to the eastern Himalaya.

(Source: Down To Earth)

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