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Mumbai blind eel

Part of: Prelims and GS III – Environment

Context A new species of swamp eel was discovered from a well in Mumbai

Key takeaways

The eel is called Rakthamichthys Mumba, the Mumbai blind eel.
It belongs to the genus Rakthamicthys that is endemic to India.
This is the fifth species from the genus to be described from India.
Unlike other species of its genus, the mumba lacks eyes, fins and scales, has jaws equal in forward extent, different gill aperture, crescentic-shaped cephalic.
This is the first completely blind subterranean freshwater fish species to be described from Maharashtra and the Northern western Ghats.

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