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A new species of white-spotted moray eel, Gymnothorax smithi (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14397/
https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4652.2.8/29716
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.8
 
Title A new species of white-spotted moray eel, Gymnothorax smithi (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India
 
Creator Sumod, K S
Mohapatra, Anil
Sanjeevan, V N
Kishore, T G
Bineesh, K K
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
Eels
 
Description A new species of white-spotted moray eel Gymnothorax smithi sp. nov. is described based on three specimens collected from the southeastern Arabian Sea, India. This is the first deep water report of a moray eel from Indian waters from 200 m depth. This new species is distinguishable from its congeners by the following combination of characters: greyish brown body overlain with white spots of irregular shape, dorsal-fin origin anterior to gill opening, anus positioned slightly behind the mid-point of the body, serrated teeth and a unique vertebral count 3–5 /57/130–132. [Zoobank URL: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9554CE07-E9E7-4B4F-95CD-54F2BB26FF28]
 
Publisher Magnolia Press
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14397/1/Zootaxa_2020_Kishor%20T%20G_A%20new%20species%20of%20white-spotted%20moray%20eel%2C%20Gymnothorax%20smithi.pdf
Sumod, K S and Mohapatra, Anil and Sanjeevan, V N and Kishore, T G and Bineesh, K K (2020) A new species of white-spotted moray eel, Gymnothorax smithi (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa, 4652 (2). pp. 359-366.