Ngapang, the idiot fish

(Scientific name: Glyptothorax species)  

Ngapang

•       Ngapang [Nga=fish, pang=idiot] means the idiot     fish. But are they really idiots?    No!! In fact, they are hill stream fishes.  
•       Just imagine how a creature in a stream would withstand the highly torrential and forceful water current.
•     A moment of carelessness and the animal would be washed away; crash-land on a rock and face the consequences.
•       Nature has given the fish the facility to adhere to the rocks. The chest has the adhesive device to attach to the bottom so that they are not washed away.
•      In this process, they remain motionless and we think that they are idiots.

             This particular nature qualify  the fish to be a good candidate as an aquarium fish. Manipur has  more than a dozen species of   Ngapang.

    Are we not concerned about the

   conservation of these prospective

    fishes?