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| taxon = Rakthamichthys rongsaw<br />
| authority = ([[Ralf Britz|Britz]], [[Dan Sykes|Sykes]], [[David J. Gower|Gower]] & [[Rachunliu G Kamei|Kamei]], 2018)<br />
| synonyms = * ''Monopterus rongsaw''<br />
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'''''Rakthamichthys rongsaw''''' is a species of [[swamp eel]] discovered in the [[Khasi Hills]] in northeast [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/september/new-species-of-blind-eel-that-burrows-through-the-soil-discovere.html|title=New species of blind eel that burrows through the soil discovered|website=www.nhm.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-16}}</ref> The researchers were searching for [[caecilian]]s, when they uncovered the eel in soil.<br />
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== Taxonomy ==<br />
It was formerly classified in the genus ''[[Monopterus]]'' until a 2020 study found it to group with three other subterranean ''Monopterus'' species from the Western Ghats, all of which displayed significant genetic and osteological differences from any other species in ''Monopterus''. Due to this, all species were classified in the new genus ''[[Rakthamichthys]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swamp eel: Blood-red subterranean dweller is newest fish genus discovered|url=https://phys.org/news/2021-01-swamp-eel-blood-red-subterranean-dweller.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=phys.org|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
Only one eel has been identified to date, the specimen was approximately {{convert|400|mm|abbr=on}} long.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.livescience.com/63679-blind-red-swamp-eel.html|title=This Bizarre, Blind Swamp Eel Breathes Through Its Blood-Red Skin|work=Live Science|access-date=2018-10-16}}</ref> The eel is also absent from skin pigmentation and has 92 precaudal and 69 [[caudal vertebra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pfeil-verlag.de/publikationen/monopterus-rongsaw-a-new-species-of-hypogean-swamp-eel-from-the-khasi-hills-in-northeast-india-teleostei-synbranchiformes-synbranchidae/|title=Monopterus rongsaw, a new species of hypogean swamp eel from the Khasi Hills in Northeast India (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) – Pfeil Verlag|website=pfeil-verlag.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-10-16}}</ref> The eyes have been described as tiny.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2018/09/monopterus-rongsaw.html|title=Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2018] Monopterus rongsaw • A New Species of Hypogean Swamp Eel (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from the Khasi Hills in Northeast India|last=Pskhun|date=2018-09-18|website=Species New to Science|access-date=2018-10-16}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Fish of India]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Ralf Britz]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Dan Sykes]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by David J. Gower]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Rachunliu G Kamei]]<br />
[[Category:Fish described in 2018]]<br />
[[Category:Freshwater fish of India]]<br />
[[Category:Rakthamichthys|rongsaw]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]<br />
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