Records of <i>Spottobrotula mahodadi</i> (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) and <i>Hapalogenys bengalensis</i> (Perciformes: Hapalogenyidae) from the Andaman Sea, with a Note on the Fresh Coloration of <i>S</i>. <i>mahodadi</i>

Abstract

Two specimens of Spottobrotula mahodadi Cohen and Nielsen, 1978 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), collected from the Andaman Sea, northeastern Indian Ocean, represent the second record of the species, previously known only from the holotype, also from the Andaman Sea. The fresh coloration of S. mahodadi is described for the first time. In addition, a single specimen of Hapalogenys bengalensis Mohapatra, Ray, and Kumar, 2013 (Perciformes: Hapalogenyidae) previously known only from its type locality off West Bengal, India (northern Bay of Bengal), was collected from the Andaman Sea and represents the first record of the species for that region.

Discovery of a Distinctive Spotted Color Pattern in the Cuskeel Neobythites unicolor (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) Based on Underwater-Vehicle Dives, with New Records from the Southern and Eastern Caribbean

“…In Spottobrotula mahodadi, the spots are also of similarly relative size to those of N. unicolor and have been largely retained in the single type specimen for at least 44 years (Nielsen et al, 2015). Recently, photographs of two freshly deceased Spottobrotula mahodadi, which show the rounded, brown to black spots on the body and dorsal fin, have been published (Matsunuma et al, 2017). The spots on these individuals vary in size from smaller to larger than orbit diameter and show a rather scattered configuration pattern.…”