Close to 100 per cent of the 257 items analysed had genetic traces of threatened freshwater eel species. Read more at ...

THOOTHUKUDI: Scientists of ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) discovered a new eel species called Ariosoma tamilicum off the Thoothukudi coast. The Thoothukudi fishermen during ...

During their surveys, the team found several unfamiliar-looking brown eels, the study said. They took a closer look at the animals and realized they’d discovered a new species: Ophichthus ...

Intrigued, they took a closer look at the animals and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Ophichthus cuulongensis, or Mekong’s estuary snake eel. An Ophichthus cuulongensis ...

Sure enough, researchers realized they’d discovered a new species: Ariosoma tamilicum, or the Tamil short-tail conger. Tamil short-tail conger eels have “stout” bodies reaching up to 12 ...

It turned out to be a new species. A team of researchers visited several fish landing sites and ports in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala between 2021 and 2022 in search of some very ...