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A new species of the congrid eel genus Conger (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southwest coast of India

  • 1. ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh-226 002, India & Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala-682 506, India. & kodyvenkat1995@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4636-3056
  • 2. ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh-226 002, India & Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala-682 506, India. & deepadhas20@gmail.com
  • 3. ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh-226 002, India
  • 4. ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh-226 002, India & Kuldeepklal@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1377-8597

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Kodeeswaran, Paramasivam, Smith, Id. G., Dhas, Deepa, Ajith Kumar, T. T., Lal, Kuldeep Kumar (2023): A new species of the congrid eel genus Conger (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southwest coast of India. Zootaxa 5244 (5): 474-484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.5.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5244.5.4

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