First record of the moray eel Gymnothorax dorsalis Seale, 1917 (Angulliformes: Muraenidae) from Indian waters
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Dipanjan Ray
Marine Aquarium Cum Regional Research Center.
Zoological Survey of India, Digha, East Medinapur, West Bengal, India
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Anil Mohapatra
Abstract
Gymnothorax dorsalis Seale, 1917 is one of the unpatterned brown elongate moray eels found in Indo-Pacific region. The present paper reports this species for the first time from Indian waters on the basis of two specimens collected from Shankarpur Fishing Harbour in West Bengal. Detailed descriptions, morphological measurements and meristic counts of the species are reported. Conspecific differences in different geographical locations are also presented.Downloads
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2014-07-09
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2015-12-30
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Ray, D., & Mohapatra, A. (2015). First record of the moray eel Gymnothorax dorsalis Seale, 1917 (Angulliformes: Muraenidae) from Indian waters. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 62(4). https://doi.org/10.21077/
