A NEW SPECIES OF EEL HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TAMILNADU

* A NEW SPECIES OF FINLESS SNAKE EEL HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN COACHEL COAST , TAMILNADU. 

* THIS SPECIES HAS NAMED AFTER KANYAKUMARI 

* GENUS - APTERICHTUS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETIC RESOURCES ( NBFGR) KOCHI UNDER ICAR HAVE DISCOVERED THIS SPECIES 

* 16TH SPECIES DISCOVEREED IN KANYAKUMARI