TikTok Video Leads Scientists to Discover a Strange New Species of Earthworm Eel Hiding in India

TikTok video leads scientists to discover a strange new species of earthworm eel hiding in India

A new eel species has been discovered in India, showing translucent qualities never before seen in this creature. Researchers first noticed it in India when experts stumbled upon a TikTok video in 2024 from the India-Nepal border showing the tiny creature slithering into a machine-drilled hole.

TikTok Discovered a Blind, Pale, Worm-Like Fish

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Fish Sprung From Well Represents a Whole New Genus

A 2024 TikTok clip of a mystery creature squirting out of a borewell has led scientists to a first-of-its-kind underground fish in India's Ganges basin. The newly named Gangaichthys indonepalicus is a pale, four-centimeter "earthworm eel" that lives in total darkness beneath the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Bihar, researchers report in...

TikTok video leads to discovery of rare underground eel in India

Researchers have discovered a new genus and species of underground earthworm eel living beneath the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Bihar, northern India. The small, colourless creature, named Gangaichthys indonepalicus, is the first subterranean fish to be recorded from the Gangetic Basin. The research, published in ZooKeys, was carried out by an international team of scientists from the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation in Mumbai, India; Shivaji University…