Discovery of a fish species called Alligator gar in Neknampur Lake in Telangana has set the alarm bells ringing for the biodiversity of city lakes. An NGO ‘Dhruvansh’, which has adopted the Neknampur Lake, has discovered three dead members of the fish species in the lake and raised concerns about the same, because they are not native to India. ‘These fish are not found in Indian rivers and lakes. They are grown for aquariums, and when they become too big to handle, people leave them in lakes,’ said conservationist and lake activist Madhulika Choudhary, the founder of Dhruvansh. Alligator gar are naturally found in North America, and brought here for sale as aquarium species.

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