India, March 3 -- In a significant scientific breakthrough from Northeast India, researchers have described two new species of freshwater fish from Nagaland, naming them after the son and daughter of a late collaborator, fulfilling what was among his final wishes.

The discoveries, published in the international journal Zootaxa, were made by J. Praveenraj of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) and independent researcher Balaji Vijayakrishnan of Mumbai.

The two species - Glyptothorax sentimereni and Oreichthys elianae - were discovered during ichthyological surveys in tributaries of the Brahmaputra River in Mokokchung district, adding to growing evidence ...