About Cyttopsis indica:
- It is a new species of deep-sea fish.
- It was discovered from the Arabian Sea off southern Kerala.
- It belongs to the genus Cyttopsis, a primitive group of marine fishes commonly known as "dories."
- Cyttopsis indica has been given the common name Indian Dory.
- It can survive under immense pressure by storing high levels of waxy compounds in their bodies, making some of them unsuitable for direct human consumption.
Key Facts about Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI):
- It was established by the Government of India on February 3rd 1947 under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
- It later became a member of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) family in 1967.
- The headquarters was shifted from Mandapam Camp in Tamil Nadu to Kochi in Kerala in 1971.
- Over the years CMFRI has emerged as a leading tropical marine fisheries research institute in the world.
- Mandate:
- To monitor the exploitation and assess the under-exploitation of the marine fisheries resources of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
- To understand the fluctuations in abundance of marine fisheries resources in relation to change in the environment.
- To develop suitable mariculture technologies for finfish, shellfish and other culturable organisms in open seas to supplement capture fishery production.
- To act as a repository of information on marine fishery resources with a systematic database.
- To conduct transfer of technology, post graduate and specialized training, education and extension education programmes.
- To provide consultancy services.
