Question: Recently there was news about the discovery of a new species of the blind swamp Eel of genus Rakthamichthys. In which of the following city it was found?
a) Kolkata
b) Mumbai
c) Ahemdabad
d) Kochi
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:-
- On 30 September 2021; Naturalist Tejas Thackeray announced about the discovery of a new species of the blind swamp Eel.
- This new species of Eel belongs to the genus Rakthamichthys, which has been discovered from a well in Mumbai.
- Tejas Thackeray, son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, on Thursday.
- The new species is a Hypogean freshwater eel’ and the discovery was credited to Tejas Thackeray, son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
- He said that new species of a blind hypogean freshwater eel from Mumbai, named as ‘Rakthamichthys Mumba’, after his home city Mumbai.
- The species was collected in 2019, Thackeray said that their team worked on throughout the pandemic.
- It is the first completely blind subterranean freshwater fish species to be described from Maharashtra and the northern Western Ghats.
- The study about this Eel was published in ‘Aqua International Journal of Ichthyology.
- Mr. Thackeray said our team decided to name the species after Mumbai’s local deity.
- Thackeray said, the word ‘mumba’ derives its roots from the Marathi language, which is a tribute to Mumba Aai, a deity worshipped by the inhabitants of this city.