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A new congrid eel, Rhynchoconger randalli sp. nov. (Congridae: Anguilliformes) with a pentagonal pattern of vomer dentition from the Bay of Bengal, Indian waters

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  • 1. Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha, India 761002 & Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanja Bihar, Berhampur, Ganjam, Odisha, India 760007 smrutirekhalucy@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-8311
  • 2. Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha, India 761002 & Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India 753003 mohantyswarup93@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-9116
  • 3. Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India 721655
  • 4. Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha, India 761002 & subhrendumishra@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4672-8374
  • 5. Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha, India 761002

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Acharya, Smrutirekha, Mohanty, Swarup Ranjan, Ray, Dipanjan, Mishra, Subhrendu Sekhar, Mohapatra, Anil (2022): A new congrid eel, Rhynchoconger randalli sp. nov. (Congridae: Anguilliformes) with a pentagonal pattern of vomer dentition from the Bay of Bengal, Indian waters. Zootaxa 5174 (2): 188-194, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.2.5

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