Resumen de First Report of Genus Diploconger (Congridae: Congrinae) from the Indian Coast
Swarup Ranjan Mohanty, Dipanjan Ray, Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra, Anil Mohapatra
Present study reports a moderately elongate, light brown coloured eel, Diploconger polystigmatus Kotthaus, 1968, for the first time from Indian waters. The species is differentiated from other congridae in having the following combination of characters: double row of cephalic and lateral-line pores, dark brown strip from the middle of the supratemporal commissure up to the tip of the mouth, dorsal fin origin nearly from the halfway of pectoral fin, each dorsal fin ray have black spots at the base, pre-dorsal vertebrae 9, pre-anal vertebrae 27, total vertebrae 108. The present report also reports the genus Diploconger for the first time from Indian waters.
