Zoological Survey Of India Discovers New Catfish Species In Myanmar
NDTV
Three specimens of 'Genus Glyptothorax' from Sagaing division of Myanmar during a survey conducted in Chindwin river drainage in the Indo- Myanmar border areas, Banerjee said.
Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has discovered a new species of catfish in Myanmar, ZSI director Dhriti Banerjee said on Wednesday.
Three specimens of 'Genus Glyptothorax' from Sagaing division of Myanmar during a survey conducted in Chindwin river drainage in the Indo- Myanmar border areas, Banerjee said.
The specimens were collected by a post-doctoral fellow Bungdon Shangningam through a local fisherman.
After examination of the specimens, these were labelled as 'Glyptothoraxyuensis' after its habitation in Yu river, which is a tributary of the Chindwin river basin in Myanmar which has many tributaries from India, the ZSI director said.