Journal Article
Rakthamichthys mumba, a new species of Hypogean eel (Teleostei: Synbranchidae) from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Praveenraj, J., Thackeray, T., Mohapatra, A. and Pavan-Kumar, A.
Record Number:
5498
Year:
2021
Journal:
Aqua International Journal of Ichthyology
Pages:
93-102
Volume:
27
Abstract:
Rakthamichthys mumba a new species of synbranchid, hypogean, eel is described from Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India, based on morphological and genetic analysis. It differs from all other species of the genus Rakthamichthys by a combination of characters viz., absence of eyes, jaws equal in forward extent, gill aperture crescentric shaped, cephalic-lateralis system distinct with prominent cephalic pores and a vertebral count of 164 (80-83 preanal + 81-84 caudal vertebrae). The new species differs from a pair-wise sequence of 21.6-22.8% in the COI gene sequence from other members of the genus Rakthamichthys.
Times Cited:
1
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Praveenraj, J., Thackeray, T., Mohapatra, A. and Pavan-Kumar, A. (2021)Rakthamichthys mumba, a new species of Hypogean eel (Teleostei: Synbranchidae) from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India