Freshly preserved Oxycheilinus arenatus (A) (CASMBAURM/232116489) and (B) X-ray of the adult Speckled Maori wrasse with 22 vertebrae (10 abdominal +12 caudal).

 
 
  Part of: Murugan A, Mahadevan G, Fricke R (2022) First record of the speckled Maori wrasse, Oxycheilinus arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Labridae), from Indian coastal waters. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52(2): 135-139. https://doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.84796