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Description of the new species of eel Myroconger seychellensis, sp. nova found in the Indian Ocean (northern part of the Mascarene Ridge) at a depth of 200 m is given. The new species differs from the other representatives of the genus by the presence of a broad dark stripe all along the body below the lateral line and by the combinations of a series of meristic and morphometric characters.
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Original Russian Text © E.S. Karmovskaya, 2006, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2006, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 590–593.
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Karmovskaya, E.S. New species of the genus Myroconger, M. seychellensis (Myrocongridae, Anguilliformes) from the western equatorial part of the Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 46, 563–565 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945206080029
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