First record of Spottobrotula mahodadi Cohen & Nielsen, 1978 (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae) in the Straits of Malacca, Malaysia

By

Seah, Ying Giat
Mat Piah, Siti Asmal
Okamoto, Ryo
Hanafi, Norhafiz
Izarenah, Md Repin
Matsunuma, Mizuki

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-3-18

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

21

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

299--303

Subjects

Distribution , Fish fauna , Morphology , Neobythitinae , new record

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/21.2.299

 

Abstract

Three specimens of Spottobrotula mahodadi Cohen & Nielsen, 1978, collected from Perak, Malaysia in July 2023, represent the first record of the species from the Straits of Malacca. Previous records had been limited to the Andaman Islands and Ranong, Thailand in the Andaman Sea. The newly collected specimens are described in detail, with morphometric and meristic data provided.