Gymnothorax indicus

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Gymnothorax indicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. indicus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax indicus
Mohapatra, Ray, Smith & Mishra, 2016 [1]

Gymnothorax indicus is a species of moray eel described as being brown and long. It's native to northern Bengal, India. The species has around 194 vertebrae. [2]

Description

The body is long thin and only gets thinner towards the end. Its upper jaw is marginally longer than its lower jaw. It has black spots on its midline. [3] head is elongated with somewhat bigger eyes and its snout is dull. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gymnothorax indicus Mohapatra, Ray, Smith & Mishra, 2016". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  2. ↑ MOHAPATRA, ANIL; RAY, DIPANJAN; SMITH, DAVID G.; MISHRA, SUBHRENDU SEKHAR (2016-08-16). "A new species of elongate unpatterned moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Bay of Bengal" . Zootaxa. 4150 (5): 591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.6. ISSN   1175-5334.
  3. ↑ Kodeeswaran, Paramasivam; Kantharajan, Ganesan; Mohapatra, Anil; Kumar, T. T. Ajith; Sarkar, Uttam Kumar (2023-03-23). "A new short brown unpatterned moray eel (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) from the southeast coast of India, Bay of Bengal". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 99 (1): 253–260. doi: 10.3897/zse.99.100461 . ISSN   1860-0743.
  4. ↑ "Gymnothorax indicus Mohapatra, Ray, Smith & Mishra, 2016, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.


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