First distributional record of Parascolopsis akatamae Miyamoto, McMahan, & Kaneko, 2020, a dwarf monocle bream (Perciformes, Nemipteridae), from Indian waters

By

Mahadevan, Gopalan
Murugesan, Perumal
Sreekanth, Giri Bhavan
Miyamoto, Kei
Mcmahan, Caleb

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-9-19

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

18

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

973--977

Subjects

Fish , India , marine , Parangipettai , species report

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/18.5.973

 

Abstract

New records of Parascolopsis akatamae Miyamoto, McMahan, & Kaneko, 2020 are reported from India’s southeast coast. Three specimens were collected in April 2021 on the Parangipettai coast, Tamil Nadu, India. We examined and compared morphometric and meristic characters of our specimens with published data from the holotype. The new India records expand the known distribution of P. akatamae, which had previously been reported from southern Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Thailand. Parascolopsis akatamae is a new addition to the list of marine fishes from Indian coastal waters.