Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis

Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis, the Indian mottled eel, is a subspecies of eel in the genus Anguilla. It is found throughout the Indian subcontinent and neighbouring regions including the East Indies.^[1] 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.^[1]

Indian mottled eel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Anguillidae
Genus:	Anguilla
Species:	A. bengalensis
Subspecies:	A. b. bengalensis
Trinomial name
Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (J. E. Gray, 1831)

Description

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. They have a fecundity of about 0.33-1.72 x 10^6.^[2]

Habitat

Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis primarily lives in freshwater habitats, but can be found in estuaries and marine waters during early life and near maturity.

Other names

In Telugu, it is known as “Bommidayalu.” In Malayalam, it is known as "Mananjil." In Nepali, it is known as "Raj Baam." In Marathi, it is known as "Vaamb." In Tamil, it is known as "vealangu meen". In Bengali it is known as Baam maach or Tambu maach.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis". FishBase. November 2010 version.
2. Abdul Kadir, Siti Rauda; Yamin, Liyana; Arai, Takaomi (December 2017). "Fecundity of the tropical catadromous eels Anguilla bicolor bicolor, A. bengalensis bengalensis and A. marmorata". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 100 (12): 1643–1648. Bibcode:2017EnvBF.100.1643A. doi:10.1007/s10641-017-0671-5. ISSN 0378-1909. S2CID 44238216.