Specimen of Gobius malabaricus , collected from Karavanoor river, Thrissur
The freshwater fish rediscovered from Thrissur after 150
years, was supposed to extinct.
This was funded by Mr. Mathew Plamootil, Department of
Zoology, Government college Chavara, Kollam.
Mr. Mathew published this in the Journal of Zoological Researchers.
In it he establishes that this species can be synonimised with Stenogobius macropterus
This species was found out on 1865 by British scientist
Francis Day from the karavanoor river and named it as Gobius malabaricus.
No specimen was retrieved till now and the zoologist are in a
conclusion that the species might be extinct in its natural habitat.
The fish looks very beautiful. It is brownish yellow having vertical strips on the body. Its fins having black sports which is brown in colour. A peculiar black crescent mark is present at the base of the dorsal fin, which is bordered by black and white bands.
The four specimens collected by Mr. Mathew is deposited at the museum of Zoological survey of India situated at Chennai
