{"id":180503,"date":"2022-04-21T21:04:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=180503"},"modified":"2022-04-21T21:04:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:34:04","slug":"scientists-discover-new-eel-species-from-kerala-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scientists-discover-new-eel-species-from-kerala-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discover new eel species from Kerala, Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A group of Indian scientists have discovered a new species of eel named \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ariosoma indicum\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the Kalamukku and Digha Mohana fishing harbours in Kerala and West Bengal respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is Ariosoma indicum?<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180504\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-180504 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.36170000_1650443485_eel.jpg?resize=387%2C255&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.36170000_1650443485_eel.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.36170000_1650443485_eel.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.36170000_1650443485_eel.jpg?resize=768%2C506&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Down To Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ariosoma Indicum is an eel species <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that belongs to the Congrid eels group. The term Indicum means that it was found in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are seven species of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ariosoma<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> genus documented in India which includes this newly identified eel. Globally, there are 223 species in this genus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distribution: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is possibly distributed along the Indian coast including the coastal waters of Kerala and West Bengal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Features<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a greenish-brown body with faint dark bands on the dorsal portion of the head. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also has minute dark pigmentation patches on the extremities of the lower jaw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cScientists discover new eel species from Kerala, Bengal\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> Indian Express <\/b>on<b> 21st April 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? A group of Indian scientists have discovered a new species of eel named \u201cAriosoma indicum\u201d from the Kalamukku and Digha Mohana fishing harbours in Kerala and West Bengal respectively.\u00a0 What is Ariosoma indicum? Ariosoma Indicum is an eel species that belongs to the Congrid eels group. 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