FB-69153 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69153 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Enteromius Enteromius thespesios Katemo Manda, Snoeks, Decru, Bills & Vreven, 2020 Indian white spotted moray eel 2020-09-01 2024-01-22 Sumod, K.S., A. Mohapatra, V.N. Sanjeevan, T.G. Kishor and K.K. Bineesh0 A new species of white-spotted moray eel, <i>Gymnothorax smithi</i> (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 4652(2):359-366. (Ref. 121832) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-69162 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-09-29 00:00:00 2020-09-29 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69162 Known only from three type specimens collected by demersal trawl at about 200 m depth (on the basis of holotype, not known for paratypes) (Ref. 121832). Sumod, K.S., A. Mohapatra, V.N. Sanjeevan, T.G. Kishor and K.K. Bineesh 2019 A new species of white-spotted moray eel, <i>Gymnothorax smithi</i> (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 4652(2):359-366. (Ref. 121832) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69162 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-09-29 00:00:00 2020-09-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69162 This species is distinguished by the following characters: a moderate sized moray eel with greyish brown colour overlain with small irregular white spots; anus is slightly behind mid-point of the body; broad head with short jaws, the snout tip blunt and short; eyes small and closer to rictus than to the snout tip; teeth pointed and serrated teeth, the vomerine teeth uniserial anteriorly, biserial centrally and uniserial posteriorly; branchial pores 1-2; vertebral count 3-5 /57/130-132 (Ref. 121832). Sumod, K.S., A. Mohapatra, V.N. Sanjeevan, T.G. Kishor and K.K. Bineesh 2019 A new species of white-spotted moray eel, <i>Gymnothorax smithi</i> (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 4652(2):359-366. (Ref. 121832) FB-Distribution-69162 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-09-29 00:00:00 2020-09-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69162 Western Indian Ocean, southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Sumod, K.S., A. Mohapatra, V.N. Sanjeevan, T.G. Kishor and K.K. Bineesh 2019 A new species of white-spotted moray eel, <i>Gymnothorax smithi</i> (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 4652(2):359-366. (Ref. 121832) FB-Uses-69162 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-09-29 00:00:00 2020-09-29 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69162 fisheries: minor commercial FB-Size-69162 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-09-29 00:00:00 2020-09-29 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69162 61.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 121832)) Sumod, K.S., A. Mohapatra, V.N. Sanjeevan, T.G. Kishor and K.K. Bineesh 2019 A new species of white-spotted moray eel, <i>Gymnothorax smithi</i> (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 4652(2):359-366. (Ref. 121832) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69162 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-09-29 00:00:00 2020-09-29 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69162 benthopelagic; marine; depth range ? - 200 m (Ref. 121832) Sumod, K.S., A. Mohapatra, V.N. Sanjeevan, T.G. Kishor and K.K. Bineesh 2019 A new species of white-spotted moray eel, <i>Gymnothorax smithi</i> (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 4652(2):359-366. (Ref. 121832)