Malabar Swamp Eel
Monopterus eapeni Talwar, 1991
Also calledMadhuraan (mal)
First described in: Talwar, P. K.; Jhingran, A. G. (1991). Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. <em>In 2 vols. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta. v. 1-2: i-xvii + 36 unnumbered + 1-1158, 1 pl, 1 map. [V. 1, i-liv + 1-541, 1 map; v. 2, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl. Also reprinted, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1992.].</em>
The Malabar swamp eel (Rakthamichthys indicus) (not to be confused with Ophichthys fossorius, also known as the Malabar swampeel) is a species of troglobitic swamp eel endemic to subterranean springs in Kottayam in the Indian state of Kerala.
Where it has been recorded
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5204095.