Gymnothorax indicus is a species of moray eel described as being brown and long. It's native to northern Bengal, India. The species has around 194 vertebrae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. indicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax indicus Mohapatra, Ray, Smith & Mishra, 2016[1]
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Description edit
The body is long thin and only gets thinner towards the end. Its upper jaw is marginally longer than its lower jaw. It has black spots on its midline.[3] head is elongated with somewhat bigger eyes and its snout is dull.[4]
References edit
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gymnothorax indicus Mohapatra, Ray, Smith & Mishra, 2016". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ MOHAPATRA, ANIL; RAY, DIPANJAN; SMITH, DAVID G.; MISHRA, SUBHRENDU SEKHAR (2016-08-16). "A new species of elongate unpatterned moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Bay of Bengal". Zootaxa. 4150 (5): 591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Kodeeswaran, Paramasivam; Kantharajan, Ganesan; Mohapatra, Anil; Kumar, T. T. Ajith; Sarkar, Uttam Kumar (2023-03-23). "A new short brown unpatterned moray eel (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) from the southeast coast of India, Bay of Bengal". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 99 (1): 253–260. doi:10.3897/zse.99.100461. ISSN 1860-0743.
- ^ "Gymnothorax indicus Mohapatra, Ray, Smith & Mishra, 2016, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
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