New Record of Satyrichthys milleri Kawai, 2013 (Peristediidae) From Gulf of Mannar, Bay of Bengal

Abstract

A specimen of Satyrichthys milleri Kawai, 2013 with the standard length of 221 mm was collected from Tuticorin fishing harbour, south east coast of India on 23 rd October 2014. It was collected by bottom trawlers at a depth ranges from 200-250 m. This is the first attempt to provide a detailed description of the species from the Gulf of Mannar. This record was compared with the first reported specimen in order to compare the external morphology with known specimen. The present study constitutes an extension of the known distributional range of this species from the Andaman to the Gulf of Mannar.

New record of the Armored Gurnard Satyrichthys laticeps (Schlegel, 1852) (Scorpaeniformes: Peristediidae) from Java South Sea (Eastern Indian Ocean)

“…Although they possess a similar number of lip and chin barbels, S. milleri could be differentiated apart from S. laticeps by the coloration (reddish in S. laticeps vs. Dark brown in S. milleri) and the possession of the antrorse (forward-facing) spines on the upper lateral side of the bony plates in caudal peduncle in S. laticeps, which is absent in S. milleri (Kawai 2013;Kannan et al 2017). In addition, S. milleri also possesses blackish fins and barbels, compared to the reddish fins and barbels in S. laticeps (Rajeeshkumar et al 2016).…”