Volume 25, Issue 75, January - June, 2024

New state record of Strophidon sathete Hamilton, 1822 (Family: Muraenidae) from Odisha, India

Suruliyandi Vijayan^1♦, Selvaraj Selvamurugan²

¹National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anna University Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
²Translational Health Science and Technology Institute Building (THSTI), Faridabad, India

^♦Corresponding author
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anna University Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

ABSTRACT

The Muraenidae fishes, usually called moray eels, are shallow-water reef and fissure abiding eels. The morays on the planet which have a place with the 12 genera of the 2 subfamilies: Uropterygiinae and Muraeninae. This gathering of fishes is recognized from other eel families by their bigger mouth, more modest gill openings, and pectoral and pelvic balance non-attendance. Most species have a strong solid body and brown complexion pigmentation. Here, field survey conducted in the month of December 2023. Photographic record from Astaranga, Odisha in India. In this paper deals with slender giant moray (Strophidon sathete Hamilton, 1822) with their ecological and distribution status.

Keywords: Strophidon sathete, Muraenidae, Slender giant eel, New record, Odisha

Species, 2024, 25(75), e12s1639

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e12s1639

Published: 06 April 2024