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A newly-described fish sheds light on a biodiversity blind spot

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Researchers in Nagaland's Kiphire district discovered and described Pseudecheneis likimroensis, a new catfish species adapted to fast-flowing mountain streams, published in the Journal of Ichthyology in May 2026, expanding knowledge of freshwater biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya hotspot.

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