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A new white-spotted moray eel, Gymnothorax aurocephalus sp. nov. (Muraenidae Muraeninae) from Andaman Sea, India

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  • 1. Fishery Survey of India, Zonal Base, Port Blair-744101, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
  • 2. Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Ganjam-761002, Odisha, India. & https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-7039
  • 3. Fishery Survey of India, Zonal Base, Port Blair-744101, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. & https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8024-0095
  • 4. Fishery Survey of India, New Fishing Jetty, Sassoon Dock, Colaba, Mumbai-400005, India. & Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre (ANRC), Zoological Survey of India, Haddo, Port Blair-744102, India.
  • 5. Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Ganjam-761002, Odisha, India. & https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-9166

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Nashad, M., Mohapatra, Anil, Varghese, Sijo P., Ramalingam, L., Mohanty, Swarup Ranjan (2020): A new white-spotted moray eel, Gymnothorax aurocephalus sp. nov. (Muraenidae Muraeninae) from Andaman Sea, India. Zootaxa 4877 (2): 361-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.8

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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/9047
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