{"id":27381,"date":"2020-12-17T08:46:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T08:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/sabias-que\/aenigmachanna-gollum-pez-oseo-llamado-asi-gollum-senor-anillos"},"modified":"2020-12-17T08:46:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T08:46:39","slug":"aenigmachanna-gollum-el-pez-oseo-llamado-asi-por-gollum-de-el-senor-de-los-anillos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/aenigmachanna-gollum-el-pez-oseo-llamado-asi-por-gollum-de-el-senor-de-los-anillos\/","title":{"rendered":"Aenigmachanna gollum, the bony fish named after Gollum, from &#039;The Lord of the Rings&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/6aa345\/f4e7b25b-0efd-42d6-9e8a-03650b50bb40_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0\/1024_2000.jpeg\" alt=\"Aenigmachanna gollum, el pez \u00f3seo llamado as\u00ed por Gollum, de 'El se\u00f1or de los anillos' \">\n    <\/p>\n<p><em>Aenigmachanna gollum<\/em> pertenece a una antigua familia de peces, &nbsp;llamados <strong>dragon snake heads<\/strong>, que conserva sus caracter\u00edsticas &nbsp;primitivas. Los cient\u00edficos lo han llamado as\u00ed en honor al personaje oscuro de la saga \u00e9pica de JRR Tolkien <em>The Lord of the rings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>Parece un drag\u00f3n, nada como una anguila y ha permanecido escondido &nbsp;durante cien millones de a\u00f1os. Tras una publicaci\u00f3n en las redes sociales, despert\u00f3 la curiosidad de un investigador en Kerala. <strong>And this is what he discovered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><\/p>\n<h2>living fossil<\/h2>\n<p>El descubrimiento de una nueva familia de peces es muy raro. Las cabezas &nbsp;de serpiente drag\u00f3n han eludido a los cient\u00edficos hasta ahora porque &nbsp;viven en acu\u00edferos subterr\u00e1neos y salen a la superficie solo despu\u00e9s de &nbsp;las fuertes inundaciones causadas por la lluvia.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medio-ambiente\/poblaciones-mundiales-animales-han-disminuido-promedio-dos-tercios-medio-siglo\" ><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Las&#x20;poblaciones&#x20;mundiales&#x20;de&#x20;animales&#x20;han&#x20;disminuido&#x20;en&#x20;promedio&#x20;dos&#x20;tercios&#x20;en&#x20;menos&#x20;de&#x20;medio&#x20;siglo\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/b0ce11\/wwf_living_planet_report_elephants\/375_142.jpg\"><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div class=\"desvio-summary\">\n<div class=\"desvio-taxonomy js-desvio-taxonomy\">\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medio-ambiente\/poblaciones-mundiales-animales-han-disminuido-promedio-dos-tercios-medio-siglo\" class=\"desvio-taxonomy-anchor\">In Xataka Science<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medio-ambiente\/poblaciones-mundiales-animales-han-disminuido-promedio-dos-tercios-medio-siglo\" class=\"desvio-title js-desvio-title\">Global animal populations have declined by an average of two-thirds in less than half a century.<\/a>\n   <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332954349_The_subterranean_Aenigmachanna_gollum_a_new_genus_and_species_of_snakehead_Teleostei_Channidae_from_Kerala_South_India\">your study<\/a>, el pariente m\u00e1s &nbsp;cercano de la familia <em>Aenigmachannidae<\/em> is he <em>Channidae<\/em>, de los cuales al &nbsp;menos 50 especies se pueden encontrar en los arroyos y lagos de Asia y &nbsp;\u00c1frica tropical. Seg\u00fan los an\u00e1lisis moleculares, las dos familias se &nbsp;separaron hace 34 millones &#8211; 109 millones de a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<p>Con base en m\u00e9todos de tomograf\u00eda computarizada, gen\u00e9tica molecular y &nbsp;morfol\u00f3gicos, Ben el estudio se pudo detectar &nbsp;varias diferencias significativas entre el Aenigmachanna y otros peces &nbsp;cabeza de serpiente de la familia Channidae.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xataka.com\/investigacion\/siete-animales-que-cambiaron-la-ciencia-para-siempre\"  ><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Siete&#x20;animales&#x20;que&#x20;cambiaron&#x20;la&#x20;ciencia&#x20;para&#x20;siempre\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/cb60fe\/1\/375_142.jpg\"><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div class=\"desvio-summary\">\n<div class=\"desvio-taxonomy js-desvio-taxonomy\">\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xataka.com\/investigacion\/siete-animales-que-cambiaron-la-ciencia-para-siempre\" class=\"desvio-taxonomy-anchor m-crosspost\" >In Xataka<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xataka.com\/investigacion\/siete-animales-que-cambiaron-la-ciencia-para-siempre\" class=\"desvio-title js-desvio-title\" >Seven animals that changed science forever<\/a>\n   <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is therefore suggested that <em>Aenigmachanna<\/em> It is a lineage of <strong>Gondwana<\/strong>, que ha &nbsp;sobrevivido a la ruptura del supercontinente, con India separ\u00e1ndose de &nbsp;\u00c1frica hace unos 120 millones de a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<p>We are, therefore, facing a <strong>living fossil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>La falta de evoluci\u00f3n se puede ver en la vejiga natatoria acortada de &nbsp;las cabezas de serpiente de drag\u00f3n, as\u00ed como en un menor n\u00famero de &nbsp;v\u00e9rtebras con costillas. Estos indican que la familia est\u00e1 menos &nbsp;especializada que las cabezas de serpiente normales. La familia tambi\u00e9n &nbsp;tiene ojos y una pigmentaci\u00f3n marr\u00f3n rojiza, lo cual es inusual ya que &nbsp;la mayor\u00eda de los peces subterr\u00e1neos son p\u00e1lidos y no tienen ojos.<\/p>\n<p>A &nbsp;diferencia de los <em>Channidae<\/em>, the <em>Aenigmachannidae<\/em> tambi\u00e9n carecen del &nbsp;\u00f3rgano suprabranquial que les permite respirar aire y proliferar &nbsp;ampliamente.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 7 --><script>\n (function() {\n  window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {};\n  var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n  if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) {\n   var instagramScript = document.createElement('script');\n   instagramScript.src = 'https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js';\n   instagramScript.async = true;\n   instagramScript.defer = true;\n   headElement.appendChild(instagramScript);\n  }\n })();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/sabias-que\/aenigmachanna-gollum-pez-oseo-llamado-asi-gollum-senor-anillos?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=17_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> Aenigmachanna gollum, the bony fish named after Gollum, from &#039;The Lord of the Rings&#039;  <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=17_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a\n       href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=17_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/e325MR35vFg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/6aa345\/f4e7b25b-0efd-42d6-9e8a-03650b50bb40_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0\/1024_2000.jpeg\" alt=\"Aenigmachanna gollum, el pez \u00f3seo llamado as\u00ed por Gollum, de 'El se\u00f1or de los anillos' \"><\/p>\n<p><em>Aenigmachanna gollum<\/em> belongs to an ancient family of fish, called <strong>dragon snake heads<\/strong>, which preserves its primitive characteristics. Scientists have named it in honor of the dark character from JRR Tolkien&#039;s epic saga. <em>The Lord of the rings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>It looks like a dragon, swims like an eel, and has been hidden for a hundred million years. After a post on social media, it piqued the curiosity of a researcher in Kerala. <strong>And this is what he discovered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><\/p>\n<h2>living fossil<\/h2>\n<p>The discovery of a new family of fish is very rare. Dragon snakeheads have eluded scientists until now because they live in underground aquifers and come to the surface only after heavy flooding caused by rain.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medio-ambiente\/poblaciones-mundiales-animales-han-disminuido-promedio-dos-tercios-medio-siglo\"><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Las poblaciones mundiales de animales han disminuido en promedio dos tercios en menos de medio siglo\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/b0ce11\/wwf_living_planet_report_elephants\/375_142.jpg\"><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div class=\"desvio-summary\">\n<div class=\"desvio-taxonomy js-desvio-taxonomy\">\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medio-ambiente\/poblaciones-mundiales-animales-han-disminuido-promedio-dos-tercios-medio-siglo\" class=\"desvio-taxonomy-anchor\">In Xataka Science<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medio-ambiente\/poblaciones-mundiales-animales-han-disminuido-promedio-dos-tercios-medio-siglo\" class=\"desvio-title js-desvio-title\">Global animal populations have declined by an average of two-thirds in less than half a century.<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332954349_The_subterranean_Aenigmachanna_gollum_a_new_genus_and_species_of_snakehead_Teleostei_Channidae_from_Kerala_South_India\">your study<\/a>, the closest relative of the family <em>Aenigmachannidae<\/em> is he <em>Channidae<\/em>, of which at least 50 species can be found in the streams and lakes of Asia and tropical Africa. According to molecular analyses, the two families separated 34 million \u2013 109 million years ago.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<p>Based on computed tomography, molecular genetics and morphological methods, Ben&#039;s study was able to detect several significant differences between the Aenigmachanna and other snakehead fish of the Channidae family.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xataka.com\/investigacion\/siete-animales-que-cambiaron-la-ciencia-para-siempre\" target='\"_blank\"' rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Siete animales que cambiaron la ciencia para siempre\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/cb60fe\/1\/375_142.jpg\"><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div class=\"desvio-summary\">\n<div class=\"desvio-taxonomy js-desvio-taxonomy\">\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xataka.com\/investigacion\/siete-animales-que-cambiaron-la-ciencia-para-siempre\" class=\"desvio-taxonomy-anchor m-crosspost\" target='\"_blank\"' rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In Xataka<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xataka.com\/investigacion\/siete-animales-que-cambiaron-la-ciencia-para-siempre\" class=\"desvio-title js-desvio-title\" target='\"_blank\"' rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seven animals that changed science forever<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is therefore suggested that <em>Aenigmachanna<\/em> It is a lineage of <strong>Gondwana<\/strong>, which has survived the breakup of the supercontinent, with India separating from Africa about 120 million years ago.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<p>We are, therefore, facing a <strong>living fossil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of evolution can be seen in the shortened swim bladder of dragon snakeheads, as well as a smaller number of vertebrae with ribs. These indicate that the family is less specialized than normal snakeheads. The family also has eyes and reddish-brown pigmentation, which is unusual as most subterranean fish are pale and have no eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the <em>Channidae<\/em>, the <em>Aenigmachannidae<\/em> They also lack the suprabranchial organ that allows them to breathe air and proliferate widely.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 7 --><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/sabias-que\/aenigmachanna-gollum-pez-oseo-llamado-asi-gollum-senor-anillos?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=17_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> Aenigmachanna gollum, the bony fish named after Gollum, from &#039;The Lord of the Rings&#039;  <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=17_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=17_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/e325MR35vFg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-portal-3"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27381"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28140,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27381\/revisions\/28140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}