A new record of Gunther’s Waspfish Snyderina guentheri (Boulenger, 1889) (Scorpaeniformes: Tetrarogidae) from Visakhapatnam, India

Main Article Content

Muddula Krishna Naranji
Sujatha Kandula

Abstract

Gunther's waspfish, Snyderina guentheri (Boulenger, 1889) was caught depth range of 300 m in the trawl net operated from Visakhapatnam, India.  A total of thirty five specimens of length range 85-164 mm TL were collected. It is caught from deeper waters at depths of 300 meters along with members of family Triglidae. This species is characterized by the following morphological characters and colour pattern of this species.

Article Details

Section
Notes
Author Biography

Muddula Krishna Naranji, ANDHRA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

ANDHRA UNIVERSITY

References

Boulenger, G.A. (1889). Second account of the fishes obtained by Surgeon - Major A.S.G. Jayakar at Muscat, East coast of Arabia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 236–246.

Boulenger, G.A. (1901). On some deep - sea fishes collected by Mr. F.W. Townsend in the Sea of Oman. Annals Magazine of Natural History 7(7): 261­–263.

Fischer, W. & G. Bianchi (1984). FAO Species Identification for Fishery Purpose: Western India Ocean. Vol.4. Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations, Rome, 241pp.

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (2015). Fishbase. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.fishbase.org.

Norman, J.R. (1939). Fishes. The john Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 7: 1–116.

Smith, J.L.B. (1957). The fishes of the family Scorpaenidae in the Western Indian Ocean Part - II. The sub families Pteroinae, Apistinae, Setarchinae and Sebastinae. Ichthyological Bulletin Rhodes University 5: 75–87.

Talwar, P.K. (1977). The rare deep water scorpionfish Snyderina guentheri in Indian Seas. Copeia 3: 580–581.