Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Taxonomic note on Halieutaea indica Annandale and Jenkins, 1910 (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from Indian waters

Volume 62 Issue 1

M. P. Rajeeshkumar, R. Rajeev, K. V. Aneesh, M. Hashim and N. Saravanane

doi:10.6024/jmbai.2020.62.1.2179-10

Abstract

The present paper discusses the new occurrence report and taxonomic note of a deep-sea anglerfish Halieutaea indica Annandale and Jenkins, 1910 collected by Fishery Oceanographic Research Vessel Sagar Sampada from the South-eastern Arabian Sea at a depth ranging from 200-300 m. This species was originally described by Annandale and Jenkins in 1910 from Bay of Bengal at a depth of 180 m. Along with a short description, key diagnostic characters distinguishing H. indica from its congeners with previous distributional records from the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone are also discussed.

Keywords

Distributional record, Halieutaea indica, South-eastern Arabian Sea, misidentification

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