Occurrence of rare smalleye snake eel, Allips concolor McCosker, 1972 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) along Paradeep coast, Odisha, India

Authors

  • Swarup Ranjan Mohanty
     Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam – 761002, Odisha
  • Anil Mohapatra
     Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam – 761002, Odisha
  • Laxman Kumar Murmu
     P.G. Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Bhanja Bihar, Brahmapur, Ganjam, Odisha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i3/2020/149931

Keywords:

Conservation, Odisha, Ophichthidae, Uncommon

Abstract

This paper reports one of the rare eel from Indian waters, Allips concolor McCosker, 1972, along Paradeep coast. Authors reported the same species in 2018 for the first time in Indian waters with single specimen collected from Chilika lagoon and till date this species was represented from Indian coast by that specimen. In the world, this rare species is represented by only six numbers of specimens. Thus the details of morphometric and meristic characters of the recently collected rare eel specimen are represented in this paper.

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Published

2020-09-06

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Ranjan Mohanty, S., Mohapatra, A., & Kumar Murmu, L. (2020). Occurrence of rare smalleye snake eel, <i>Allips concolor</i> McCosker, 1972 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) along Paradeep coast, Odisha, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(3), 277–280. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i3/2020/149931

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Volume 120, Issue 3, 2020

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