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Gymnothorax mishrai

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Gymnothorax mishrai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. mishrai
Binomial name
Gymnothorax mishrai
Ray, Mohapatra & Smith, 2015[1]

Gymnothorax mishrai is a species of fish from the moray eel family. A single specimen was used to describe the species. It measured a total of 324 mm (12.8 in). The specimen was caught off the Bay of Bengal in India. The species is brown in color and plain, they also have brown-rimmed jaw pores and 134 vertebrae.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gymnothorax mishrai Ray, Mohapatra & Smith, 2015". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  2. ^ RAY, DIPANJAN; MOHAPATRA, ANIL; SMITH, DAVID G. (2015-10-01). "A new species of Short Brown Unpatterned Moray Eel of the Genus Gymnothorax (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Bay of Bengal". Zootaxa. 4027 (1): 140. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4027.1.8. ISSN 1175-5334.