Indian mottled eel

Indian mottled eel

Taxobox
name = Indian mottled eel
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Anguilliformes
familia = Anguillidae
genus = "Anguilla"
species ="A. bengalensis"
subspecies = ""'A. b. bengalensis"
trinomial = "Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis"
trinomial_authority = (Gray, 1831) The Indian mottled eel, "Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis",FishBase species alt | ID = 1272 | taxon = Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis | year = 2006 | month = 05] is a species of eel in the genus "Anguilla" of the family Anguillidae. It is found throughout the Indian subcontinent and neighbouring regions including the East Indies. Showing the typical characteristics of the Anguillidae, this species grows to 1.2 m and as much as 6 kg. Dorsal fin soft rays number 250–305, anal fin soft rays 220–250, vertebrae between 106 and 112 in number.

The Indian mottled eel is valued as a food fish. The mucus of this eel is used in a medicine for arthritis. It is known by numerous common names in the native languages of the regions it inhabits.cite web | url= http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.cfm?ID=1272&GenusName=Anguilla&SpeciesName=bengalensis+bengalensis&StockCode=1289 |title = Common Names of "Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis"| publisher = FishBase.org ]

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