It belongs to an old family of fish, called dragon snakeheads.
The researchers say that the area where Aenigmachanna was collected is part of the Western Ghats – Sri Lanka Hotspot — which is among the richest biodiversity hotspots in the world.
It looks like a dragon, swims like an eel, and has remained hidden for a hundred million years.
It lives in underground aquifers.
The name has been inspired from the character Gollum, who always stays underground, in the movie ‘Lord of the Rings’.
It has been spotted recently in Kerala.
The scientists came to know about the fish through social media in 2018.
It is assumed that they originated in the Gondwanalandwhich later split into the continents of Asia and Africa.
