Gymnothorax indicus

Gymnothorax indicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Gymnothorax
Species:	G. indicus
Binomial name
	Gymnothorax indicus; Mohapatra, Ray, Smith & Mishra, 2016

Last updated September 20, 2025

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

↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gymnothorax indicus Mohapatra, Ray, Smith & Mishra, 2016". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ "Gymnothorax indicus Mohapatra, Ray, Smith & Mishra, 2016, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.

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[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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