Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) scientists have discovered a new species of vibrant orange-coloured marine fish in deep waters off Digha Mohana, West Bengal.
The new species, commonly known as gurnards or sea robins, belongs to the family Triglidae.
It has been named Pterygotrigla intermedica, and it has characters quite similar to those of species like Pterygotrigla hemisticta.
Anil Mohapatra, a senior scientist and in-charge of ZSI’s Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Gopalpur, Odisha, led the discovery of the new species.
It is the fourth species of Pterygotrigla genus reported in India so far, and there are a total of 178 species of the Triglidae family worldwide.
On September 20, the detailed characteristics of this new fish species were published in Thalassas, an international marine science journal.
