New Small Freshwater Fish found- Schistura Hiranyakeshi

It is a new small freshwater fish species discovered near Amboli in Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district.

It is a rare sub-species of Schistura, a freshwater loach.
Named after the Hiranyakeshi River near Amboli village, this fish is a colourful fish that lives in water and streams in an abundance of oxygen.
It was important to conserve this species as it might face extinction due to fishing activities.

Jammu and Kashmir Lakes

Srinagar’s Dal Lake along with five other ones- Wular Lake, Nigeen Lake in the Kashmir region; Sanasar Lake, Manasbal Lake and Purmandal lake or Chotta Kashi in Jammu and Kashmir are to be declared protected wetlands.=
Wetlands of Jammu and Kashmir and recommended their notification under,
1. Environment Protection Act, 1986 and
2. Wetland (Conversation & Management) rules.
Forest Department is the nodal department for the preparation of digital inventory, documentation and development of a geospatial database on wetlands.

Source: IE

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