A NEW SPECIES OF EEL SNAKE DISCOVERED IN KAKINADA COAST

* MARINE SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW EEL SNAKE SPECIES AT BAY OF BENGAL.

* SPECIES NAMED - 

* BASCANICHTHYS CHEPAKAKIENSIS  ( CHEPA MEANS FISH ( TELUGU), KAKI ( NICK NAME FOR KAKINADA) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ICAR - NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETICS RESOURCES, KERALA UNIVERSITY OF FISHERIES AND OCEAN STUDIES, AND ZSI TEAM 

* THE EEL FEATURES AS DUSTINCTED BICOLURED BODY