Open AccessNotes on yellow-spotted moray eel, Echidna xanthospilos (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), from Great Nicobar Island, India
Author(s) -
Goutham-Bharathi M.P.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
acta ichthyologica et piscatoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1734-1515
pISSN - 0137-1592
DOI - 10.3750/aiep/02182
Subject(s) - actinopterygii , fauna , geography , fishery , biology , zoology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii>
A single specimen of Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859) was captured off Great Nicobar Island. This finding represents a new addition to the muraenid fauna of India. This is one of the data-deficient species hitherto known only from five countries in the Indo–Pacific. The specimen is described and illustrated.
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