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First report of the Snake Eel Neenchelys cheni (Chen and Weng, 1967) (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae) from Indian waters

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Title First report of the Snake Eel Neenchelys cheni (Chen and Weng, 1967) (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae) from Indian waters
 
Creator Ray, Dipanjan
Mohapatra, Anil
 
Subject Neenchelys cheni
Bay of Bengal
India
West Bengal
Fish
 
Description 310-312
This paper reports the first occurrence of Neenchelys cheni (Chen and Weng, 1967) from Indian waters. The only
species of the genus previously reported from the Indian coast, Neenchelys buitendijki Weber and de Beaufort, 1916 differs from N. cheni in its dorsal fin origin (well before anal opening) and other characters discussed in this paper.
 
Date 2016-07-22T08:19:20Z
2016-07-22T08:19:20Z
2016-02
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/35057
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.45(02) [February 2016]