Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47(2): 209-212, doi: 10.3750/AIEP/02182
Notes on yellow-spotted moray eel, Echidna xanthospilos (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), from Great Nicobar Island, India
expand article infoM.P. Goutham-Bharathi, S. Rajendra, C. Raghunathan

Corresponding author: M.P. Goutham-Bharathi

© M.P. Goutham-Bharathi, S. Rajendra, C. Raghunathan.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation: Goutham-Bharathi M, Rajendra S, Raghunathan C (2017) Notes on yellow-spotted moray eel, Echidna xanthospilos (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), from Great Nicobar Island, India. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47(2): 209-212. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02182
Open Access
Abstract
A single specimen of Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859) was captured off Great Nicobar Island. This finding represents a new addition to the muraenid fauna of India. This is one of the data-deficient species hitherto known only from five countries in the Indo–Pacific. The specimen is described and illustrated.
Keywords
fish taxonomy, fish morphology, new record, data-deficient species, Indian Ocean