Notes on the record of Gymnothorax pseudotile Mohapatra et al., 2017 (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India

Authors

  • Priyankar Chakraborty
     Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment and Education Research, BVU (deemed), Pune – 411043, Maharashtra
  • Saresh Chandra Saren
     Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700 016, West Bengal
  • Anwesha Sengupta
     Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700 016, West Bengal
  • Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra
     Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700 016, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i3/2018/121639

Keywords:

Conservation, Gymnothorax pseudotile, Habitat Ecology, Hotspecks, Sundarbans

Abstract

A moray eel, Gymnothorax pseudotile Mohapatra et al., 2017, is recorded for the first time from the Sundarbans. Only one individual was collected from fishermen along with other materials. Brief notes on diagnostic characters, habitat ecology and behaviour as observed are presented in this paper.

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Published

2018-09-21

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Chakraborty, P., Chandra Saren, S., Sengupta, A., & Sekhar Mishra, S. (2018). Notes on the record of <i>Gymnothorax pseudotile</i> Mohapatra <i>et al</i>., 2017 (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 118(3), 318–321. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i3/2018/121639

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Volume 118, Issue 3, 2018

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