Australian sawcheek scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina Matsunuma, Sakurai & Motomura 2013 (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) new record from Indian waters

Authors

  • Muddula Krishna NARANJI, Sujatha KANDULA Department of Marine Living Resources, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 530003, India

Keywords:

Taxonomy, New records, Indian waters, Ichthyogeography

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

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Published

2017-05-26

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Articles