A new species of white-spotted moray eel, Gymnothorax smithi (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4652 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. SUMOD ◽  
ANIL MOHAPATRA ◽  
V. N. SANJEEVAN ◽  
T. G. KISHOR ◽  
K. K. BINEESH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
The Body ◽  
Gill Opening ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Southeastern Arabian Sea ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Moray Eel

A new species of white-spotted moray eel Gymnothorax smithi sp. nov. is described based on three specimens collected from the southeastern Arabian Sea, India. This is the first deep water report of a moray eel from Indian waters from 200 m depth. This new species is distinguishable from its congeners by the following combination of characters: greyish brown body overlain with white spots of irregular shape, dorsal-fin origin anterior to gill opening, anus positioned slightly behind the mid-point of the body, serrated teeth and a unique vertebral count 3–5 /57/130–132. [Zoobank URL: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9554CE07-E9E7-4B4F-95CD-54F2BB26FF28] 

Gymnothorax hansi, a new species of moray eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Comoro Islands, Western Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 515 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
PHILLIP C. HEEMSTRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Gill Opening ◽  
Posterior Nostril ◽  
Eye Diameter ◽  
Tail Tip ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Moray Eel

Gymnothorax hansi, a new species of moray eel, is described from three specimens caught in ~ 146 m at Grand Comoro (Ngazidja) Island in the Comoros Islands. The length of the head plus the body is distinctly longer than tail; the dorsal fin origin is at a vertical midway between the gill opening and the rear edge of the eye. The head length is 11 to 12% total length. The colour is chestnut brown dorsally on the head, body and most of the tail; the dorsal and anal fins are brown anteriorly, blackish posteriorly with a bright white margin from dorsal fin origin round the tail tip to the anal fin origin; anterior nostril tube, posterior nostril mound and iris are yellow; head and ventrolateral part of body of 101 cm adult male golden brown, with several, irregular, distinct, dusky or black spots scattered over most of the body, tail and dorsal fin; head of 101 cm adult female brown dorsally, paler below; female with a few faint dusky spots on body and tail; both sexes with pores on jaws set in white spots. Teeth small, sharp, caniniform, slightly curved, uniserial on maxillae and dentaries; longest intermaxillary tooth equals 64% eye diameter; vomer with 3 minute teeth. The vertebral counts are higher than in most morays: 4 predorsal, 82 84 preanal and 183 185 total.

Description of a new species of deep-sea spider crab from the genus Crocydocinus Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019, from the south-eastern Arabian Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Majoidea: Epialtidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4816 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-234
Author(s):  
VINAY P. PADATE ◽  
BEE YAN LEE ◽  
SHERINE SONIA CUBELIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Spider Crab ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Sea Spider ◽  
Southeastern Arabian Sea ◽  
Eastern Arabian Sea ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Branchial Region

A new species of spider crab is described from two male specimens collected from the southeastern Arabian Sea. This species differs from its congeners in the absence of uograstric granule on carapace, the presence of two granules along lateral margin of carapace at branchial region, the presence of granules on P2–P4 dactyli and the constricted distal tip of the male first gonopod. 

scholarly journals A new species of the perciform fish genus Symphysanodon (Symphysanodontidae) from the Arabian Sea off the southwestern coast of India

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2966 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM D. ANDERSON, JR. ◽  
K. K. BINEESH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Head Length ◽  
Caudal Vertebra ◽  
Body Depth ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Bright Yellow ◽  
Southeastern Arabian Sea ◽  
A New Species

Symphysanodon xanthopterygion, new species, reported herein from 15 specimens collected near Quilon, India, off the Kerala Coast in the southeastern Arabian Sea, becomes the twelfth described species in the genus. The following characters in combination distinguish S. xanthopterygion from its congeners: parapophyses present on first caudal vertebra, total number of gillrakers on first arch 38 to 42, tubed lateral-line scales 54 to 59, sum of lateral-line scales plus total number of gillrakers in individual specimens 94 to 101, head length 33 to 37% SL, head depth 18 to 21% SL, snout length 5 to 6% SL, body depth 24 to 27% SL, lower caudal-fin lobe bright yellow.

scholarly journals Bagrichthys obscurus a new species of bagrids catflsh from Indochina (Teleostei: Bagridae)

1969 ◽  
pp. 545-552
Author(s):  
Heok Hee Ng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Body ◽  
Slender Body ◽  
Genital Papilla ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Adipose Fin ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
A New Species

Bragrichthys obscuros new species, is described from drainages Indochina. It is morphologically similar to and has heen previously identified as B. macmpterus;butcan be differentiated from that speqres in having a uniformly brown body without a pale midlateral stripe and without pale blotches on the sides of the body a more slender body, a shorter adipose-fin base, and the genital pápilla, in males mepting tbe base, of the first anal-fin ray

Channa brunnea, a new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from West Bengal, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAYASIMHAN PRAVEENRAJ ◽  
ARUMUGAM UMA ◽  
NALLATHAMBI MOULITHARAN ◽  
RAJESH KANNAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
The Body ◽  
Bright Orange ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Transverse Scale ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
Two Parameter ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pelvic Fin

Channa brunnea, a new species of snakehead fish lacking pelvic fins, from West Bengal, India, is distinguished from its pelvic fin-less congeners by possessing an uniform dark brown body, ochre to bright-orange blotches on the caudal fin, fewer dorsal and anal-fin rays (35–37 vs. 47–51 and 24 vs. 28–32, respectively), fewer vertebrae (43 vs. 45–57), and fewer lateral-line scales (43–46 vs. 51–63). Though Channa brunnea superficially resembles C. bleheri, it can be distinguished from the latter by possessing dark-brown oblique markings on the upper half of the body; transverse scale rows (4½–5½ vs. 3½); pre-anal scales (22–26 vs. 17–20); 2 rows of teeth in the fifth ceratobranchial, the outer row with 16 large conical teeth (vs. 3 rows of teeth, the outer row with 13 large conical teeth); dentary with 20 large, stout, conical teeth in the inner row (vs. 32 medium-sized conical teeth); and a Kimura’s two parameter (K2P) distance of 9.8–10.6%. 

A new species ofScaptrella(Nematoda: Monhysterida) from the continental margin of the southeastern Arabian Sea

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 671-676
Author(s):  
Jini Jacob ◽  
Koovapurath Useph Abdul Jaleel ◽  
Rosamma Philip ◽  
Rayaroth Damodaran
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Margin ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Southeastern Arabian Sea ◽  
A New Species

Enchelycore propinqua sp. nov., a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4319 (3) ◽  
pp. 595 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANIL MOHAPATRA ◽  
DAVID G. SMITH ◽  
SWARUP RANJAN MOHANTY ◽  
SUBHRENDU SEKHAR MISHRA ◽  
PRASAD C. TUDU
Keyword(s):  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Indian Coast ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Gill Opening ◽  
Vertebral Count ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
Moray Eel

A new moray Enchelycore propinqua sp. nov., is described from a single specimen collected from Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, Andhra Pradesh, India. The species has a reddish brown body mottled with irregular creamy white spots; dorsal-fin origin considerably behind gill opening, but well ahead of level of anus; sharply pointed recurved teeth; biserial intermaxillary and maxillary teeth, those of inner row larger and more widely spaced than outer row. It differs from congeners by higher predorsal vertebrae and lower total vertebral count (MVF 20-51-120). The colouration is distinctly different from other species of the genus. 

Enchelycore nycturanus, a new moray eel from South Africa (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID G. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Dark Background ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Mandibular Teeth ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Moray Eel

Enchelycore nycturanus, a new species of moray eel, is described from the east coast of South Africa. It has slightly arched jaws that leave some teeth exposed when the mouth is closed. It has triserial maxillary teeth, biserial mandibular teeth, and its intermaxillary teeth are in five rows. Along with the dentition, its vertebral count (147-148) and its color pattern of white spots on a dark background distinguish it from all other morays. It is known only from the type locality and may be restricted to South Africa.

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