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Gymnothorax pseudotile Mohapatra, Smith, Ray, Mishra & Mohanty, 2017 Bengal low-fin moray |
| Family: | Muraenidae (Moray eels), subfamily: Muraeninae | |||
| Max. size: | 47 cm TL (female) | |||
| Environment: | reef-associated; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Indian Ocean: India, West Bengal. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Vertebrae: 126-129. This species is distinguished by the following characters: robust body; anus at about mid-body; long head; blunt snout with large eye located slightly closer to rictus than to tip of snout; lower jaw is slightly shorter than upper jaw; gill opening broadly rounded, positioned below lateral midline; dorsal-fin origin is above posterior half of gill opening; both dorsal and anal fin are low, with pale margin; intermaxillary teeth in 3 longitudinal rows, with median row of 3 depressible fang like teeth and a single row of 6 teeth on each side; colour dark brown dorsally with small white dots scattered all over and ventral part pale whitish with small brown spots without reticulations; infraorbital pores 3; predorsal vertebrae 12-13, preanal vertebrae 56-59, total vertebrae 126-129 (Ref. 115849). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||