A new species of snake eel has been discovered from the ports of Paradip in Odisha and Petuaghat harbour in West Bengal along the Bay of Bengal.
- Researchers have proposed the name of the new species as ‘Indian fringe-lip eel’ or Cirrhimuraena indica.
- The genus of the news species is Cirrhimuraena. It is part of the Ophichthidae family of snake eels and its order is Anguilliformes.
- The new species belonged to the same clade as Cirrhimuraena chinensis.
- Cirrhimuraena chinensis is a tropical, marine eel that is known from China and Papua New Guinea, in the western Pacific Ocean.
(Source: Down to Earth)
