FB-70577 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70577 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Notacanthiformes Notacanthidae Notacanthus Notacanthus laccadiviensis Konhamkakkada, Kinattumkara, Raghavan & Sivanpillai, 2023 Indian hook-teeth moray 2024-05-01 2024-05-01 Mohapatra, A., D.G. Smith, S.R. Mohanty, S.S. Mishra and P.C. Tudu0 <i>Enchelycore propinqua</i> sp. nov., a new moral eel (Anguiliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast. Zootaxa 4319(3). (Ref. 116168) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70588 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-05-23 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70588 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters:; anus at about mid-point of the body; snout blunt; eyes small and slightly closer to tip of snout than to rictus; jaws are slightly arched, mouth not entirely closed when jaw tips meet; dorsal-fin origin considerably behind the gill opening, but well before level of anus; teeth are sharply pointed, recurved; biserial intermaxillary and maxillary teeth, those of inner row larger and more widely spaced than outer row; two fang-like median intermaxillary teeth, 6 large fang-like vomerine teeth; dentary teeth biserial with the inner row more widely spaced than outer one; pre-dorsal vertebrae 20, pre-anal vertebrae 51, total vertebrae 120. Colouration: body reddish brown mottled with irregular creamy white spots along entire length; slightly darker cross bands dorsally alternating with paler interspaces, distinct in anterior part (Ref. 116168). Mohapatra, A., D.G. Smith, S.R. Mohanty, S.S. Mishra and P.C. Tudu 2017 <i>Enchelycore propinqua</i> sp. nov., a new moral eel (Anguiliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast. Zootaxa 4319(3). (Ref. 116168) FB-Morphology-70588 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-05-23 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70588 Vertebrae: 120 Mohapatra, A., D.G. Smith, S.R. Mohanty, S.S. Mishra and P.C. Tudu 2017 <i>Enchelycore propinqua</i> sp. nov., a new moral eel (Anguiliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast. Zootaxa 4319(3). (Ref. 116168) FB-Distribution-70588 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-05-23 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70588 Eastern Indian Ocean: India. Mohapatra, A., D.G. Smith, S.R. Mohanty, S.S. Mishra and P.C. Tudu 2017 <i>Enchelycore propinqua</i> sp. nov., a new moral eel (Anguiliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast. Zootaxa 4319(3). (Ref. 116168) FB-Uses-70588 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-05-23 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70588 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70588 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-05-23 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70588 17.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 116168)) Mohapatra, A., D.G. Smith, S.R. Mohanty, S.S. Mishra and P.C. Tudu 2017 <i>Enchelycore propinqua</i> sp. nov., a new moral eel (Anguiliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast. Zootaxa 4319(3). (Ref. 116168) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70588 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-05-23 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70588 reef-associated; marine