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Mysterious Snakehead Fish From Kerala Found

The bizarre fish has been named Aenigmachanna Gollum (Gollum Snakehead) after ‘Gollum’, a character from the ‘The Lord of the Rings’, a creature that went underground and during its subterranean life changed its morphological features. The new fish is not only a new species, but also a remarkable new genus of the snakehead family channidae (which is currently represented by two other genera, Channa in Asia, and Parachanna in Africa).

India’s First Mega Science Show Opens

The exhibition is a joint initiative of the Departments of Atomic Energy (DAE), Science and Technology (DST) and the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) and will be open only on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays between 10 am and 6 pm.