ITANAGAR: Scientists at the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development gain discovered two original species of fish in rivers of Arunachal Pradesh. "The discovery of two original species of catfish - Erethistoides Senkhiensis and Glyptothorax Dikrongensis was made by the institute's staffers Lakpa Tamang and Shivaji Chaudhry at Senkhi stream and Dikrong River in Papum Pare district,Institute's northeast unit in-charge, Dr Prasanna K Samal told reporters on Monday. The original species which were named after their Arunachalee sources are ample proof the rich flora and fauna of Arunachal Pradesh, or Samal said. Besides publishing about the discovery of Balitora brucei,Glyptothorax telchitta and Pseudolaguvia shawi, 88 species of freshwater fishes gain been assessed and evaluated by the institute for the Red Data Book for International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and Samal informed. According to Dr Samal,the Erethistoides senkhiensis species was captured from Senkhi stream during samplings carried out between March and June 2006. After consultation of standard literature and compilation of morphometric data, the species was placed in catfish genera Erethistoides.
This genus had 6 species and all the taxonomic and morphometric descriptions were cross checked and it was found that it does not gain overhanging snout.
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