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When a group of researchers repeatedly heard from local fishermen about a distinctive dark-coloured fish in the middle stretches of the Cauvery River near Shivanasamudra and nearby regions in Karnataka, they were intrigued.

Initially, the fishermen considered the fish, ‘Kaage Meenu’, to be a local carp. However, its unusual blackish colouration and distinct body features immediately attracted the researchers’ attention, as it did not closely resemble the commonly known Labeo nigrescens species from the Cauvery system.

The fishermen helped the team obtain specimens from their catches, which led to the fish being identified as a new species — the Labeo kaage, previously unknown to science.

Researchers Rahul G Kumar, Charan Ravi, Krishnaprasoon NP and VS Basheer were involved in the discovery of the fish, and their findings were accepted and published in the Journal of Fish Biology on 26 March 2026.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jfb.70446

https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/new-fish-species-labeo-kaage-discovered-cauvery-karnataka-10687696/lite/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labeo

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/labeo