Australian sawcheek scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina Matsunuma, Sakurai & Motomura 2013 (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) new record from Indian waters
Muddula Krishna NARANJI, Sujatha KANDULA Department of Marine Living Resources, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 530003, India
Abstract
The Australian sawcheek scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina Matsunuma, Sakurai & Motomura, 2013, was collected from Visakhapatnam Fisheries harbour, India. Morphometric, meristic counts and description of the collected specimens as well as a key to species of Brachypterois represented in the catches of Visakhapatnam are presented. The record of B. curvispina from Visakhapatnam coastal waters is a new record for India
Keywords
Taxonomy, New records, Indian waters, Ichthyogeography.
