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First occurrence of the moray eel Gymnothorax prolatus Sasaki & Amaoka, 1991 (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the northern Indian Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2015

Anil Mohapatra ,
Dipanjan Ray  and
David G. Smith
Anil Mohapatra*
Affiliation:
Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721 428, India
Dipanjan Ray
Affiliation:
Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721 428, India
David G. Smith
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Centre, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland MD 2076, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Mohapatra, Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721 428, India email: anil2k7@gmail.com
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Abstract

Gymnothorax prolatus is recorded for the first time from the Indian Ocean on the basis of four specimens collected in the Bay of Bengal off India and one from the Arabian Sea off Pakistan. These records extend the range of the species from Taiwan to the north-western Indian Ocean.

Keywords

range extensionBay of BengalArabian SeaIndiaTaiwanPakistan
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e106
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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