Orange-finned Mahseer Fish – Cauvery Basin fish is on the ‘brink of extinction’
- May 15, 2015
According to the study conducted by Indian and British biologists, the population of ‘Humpback Mahseer’, a freshwater fish, which is found only in Cauvery Basin of Tamil Nadu, has been reducing drastically. The major reasons behind the population reduction of the orange-finned fish are pollution, sand extraction and hydel power projects. The fish is now endangered and