First record of Ophidion muraenolepis (Actinopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae) from the Laccadive Sea, western Indian Ocean, with taxonomic notes

2025/07/18 by T. K. Teena Jayakumar, Ronald Fricke, T. T. Ajith Kumar +1 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Fish Biology and Ecology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Identification and Quantification in Food

paper · doi:10.3897/aiep.55.155497

openalex publication_date 2025/07/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

The blackedge cusk, Ophidion muraenolepis Günther, 1880, is recorded from the Laccadive Sea based on four specimens collected at Sakthikulangra landing center, Kollam, Kerala. Morphometric and meristic data for the species are given and compared to the congeners. This represents the first record of this species from the Laccadive Sea, western Indian Ocean, documenting the range extension of the species.

Citations

• Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis

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• The blackedge cusk (Ophidion muraenolepis) is recorded from the Laccadive Sea for the first time, based on four specimens collected at Sakthikulangra landing center, Kollam, Kerala. 🔗 doi.org/10.38 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]