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First Report of Three Eel Species (Order : Anguilliformes) from Andhra Pradesh Coast, India


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1 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761 002, India
2 Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721 428, India
3 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, India

Three eel species collected from the thrown out trashes from Visakhapatnam fishing harbour and were subsequently identified as Gymnothorax prolatus, Strophidon dorsalis and Neenchelys cheni are reported here for the first time from the Andhra Pradesh coast. The present report extends the range of all these three species southwards to Andhra Pradesh coast from the northern parts of the east coast of India.
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Anil Mohapatra
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761 002, India
P. C. Tudu
Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721 428, India
S. R. Mohanty
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761 002, India
S. S. Mishra
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, India

Abstract


Three eel species collected from the thrown out trashes from Visakhapatnam fishing harbour and were subsequently identified as Gymnothorax prolatus, Strophidon dorsalis and Neenchelys cheni are reported here for the first time from the Andhra Pradesh coast. The present report extends the range of all these three species southwards to Andhra Pradesh coast from the northern parts of the east coast of India.