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Kochi, July 3 (IANS) In a breakthrough that highlights the vast and largely unexplored biodiversity of India’s deep seas, scientists at the ICAR Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) identified a new species of deep-sea fish from the Arabian Sea off the Kerala coast.The newly discovered species, Cyttopsis indica, commonly referred to as the Indian dory, was found at depths of 350 to 500 metres along the continental slope of the eastern Lakshadweep Sea, off southern Kerala.The disco…