Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906 (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) - an addition to the Eel Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and India

Authors

  • P. T. Rajan
     Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair - 744102, Andaman and Nicobar
  • Johann Bharucha
     SCUBA explorer, Neil Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • K. K. Bineesh
     Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair - 744102, Andaman and Nicobar
  • S. S. Mishra
     Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 700016, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i3/2018/121779

Keywords:

Andaman Islands, Gymnothorax zonipectis, Muraenidae, New record

Abstract

A moray eel species, Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906, is reported for the first time from India based on photographic evidence from Neil Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and expands its geographical distribution further westward. The description, habitat ecology and distributional range of the eel also provided establishing its first record from India. An annotated checklist of moray eels from these islands is also appended.

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2018-09-20

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Rajan, P. T., Bharucha, J., Bineesh, K. K., & Mishra, S. S. (2018). <i>Gymnothorax zonipectis</i> Seale, 1906 (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) - an addition to the Eel Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 118(3), 287–292. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i3/2018/121779

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Volume 118, Issue 3, 2018

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