New Fish Species in Ganga

Facts of Seahorse

•  Seahorses are fish • They are Ridiculously Bad Swimmers • They use their tails as Anchors • They eat all the time • They take courtship very Serio…

The Legend of the Crucifix Fish

The Legend of the Crucifix Fish : Of all the fish in the sea our Lord chose the lowly sailcat, to remind us of his misery His body on the cross is …

Blue Marlin - Fast swimmers

Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans & Makaira mazara) - Blue Marlin are found throughout the worlds oceans in tropical, subtropical, and temperate …

Near threatened - Australian Grayling

Australian Grayling  (Prototroctes maraena) Native to Australia, these fish need to migrate to and from the sea to complete their life cycle. The c…

Least concern - Humpback whale

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) By 1968 commercial whaling had seriously depleted all Humpback Whale populations. Conservation action came …

Name changes for Farmed shrimp

Source : Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World, Farfante and Kensley, 1997.

Important update on Indian fishes

Most Common Species in Aquaculture : • Rohu, catla and mrigal (major Indian carps) are the favoured species in freshwater aquaculture. • Pangasius (a…

Amazing facts about the octopus

little introduction : octopus(or octopi, if you prefer) are cephalopods, invertebrates that also include squid and cuttlefish.They have bulbous hea…

Fish and human Nutrition

Key facts : More than 3.1 billion people depend on fish for at least 20% of their total animal protein intake, and a further 1.3 billion people for …

Life cycle of Marine Ich - Fish Pathology

*Marine Ich, Cryptocaryon irritans, is a common fish disease caused by an external parasite. Once a fish is infected, small white cysts on the skin,…

Skill development centre in Fisheries Firstly in India

The Training programs on Aquarium Fabrication , hydroponics , production of value added fish , Waste for manure , SCUBA Diving , Manual fish net Mark…

Jelly fish

Jellyfish are the informal common name given to the medusa - phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa , a major part if the phy…

New fish species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

New Species 🐬🐟 A New species of fish has been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh recently. This new species of fish has named as Schizithorax Sikusiru…

Threats to Coral reefs