This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Mohapatra, Anil, Ray, Dipanjan, Smith, David G., Mishra, Subhrendu Sekhar (2016): A new species of elongate unpatterned moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Bay of Bengal. Zootaxa 4150 (5): 591-598, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.6

Abstract

An elongate, brown unpatterned moray eel, Gymnothorax indicus sp. nov., is described based on four specimens collected from the northern Bay of Bengal. The new species is differentiated from other elongate, unpatterned moray eels in having the following combination of characters: anus at about mid-point of body, preanal length 2.0 in total length; snout blunt and short; dorsal fin margin black, 5 mandibular pores; maxillary teeth uniserial, sharp and depressible, total vertebrae 194 (MVF: 9-79-194).

Key words: Anguilliformes, unpatterned moray, Gymnothorax indicus, Bay of Bengal

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/ce62ed17-7221-429d-b5f3-ece38fdec7fb
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/E9595B040274FF8B584DFFFEFFA17108
Citation: Mohapatra A, Ray D, Smith D G, Mishra S S, plazi (2016). A new species of elongate unpatterned moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Bay of Bengal. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.