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First Record of Ophichthus johnmccoskeri (Ophichthidae : Ophichthinae) from Chilika Lagoon, India
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McCosker’s snake eel, Ophichthus johnmccoskeri, a species of the family Ophichthidae is reported for the first time from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India, on the basis of 5 specimens collected during the Chilika expedition from Satapada in the year 1987. The species was recently described from West Bengal coast. The report of the species from Chilika lagoon provides the distributional range extension as well as more morphometric information on the species.
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Bay of Bengal, New Record, Odisha, Snake Eel.
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