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Species Diversity
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.
We are deeply grateful to P. Musikasinthorn, S. Ratmuangkhwang, P. Sreesamran, S. Arbsuwan, S. Ekajit, and N. Ngamtampong (Kasetsart University, Bangkok) for their generous assistance; V. Vilasri (THNHM) and staff of the Phuket Marine Biological Centre for donating and providing opportunities to examine the present specimens from Thailand; students and volunteers of KAUM for curatorial assistance; S. Chungthanawong (KAUM) for providing information on locality names in Thailand; T. Naito (BSKU) for taking X-ray photographs; S. Bogorodsky (Station of Naturalists, Omsk) and W. Schwarzhans (Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen) for providing valuable comments on the manuscript; and G. Hardy (Ngunguru, New Zealand) for reading the manuscript and providing help with English. This study was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP26241027, JP24370041, JP23580259, and JP26450265; a JSPS Fellow grant (PD: 16J00047); the JSPS Core-to-Core Program, “Research and Education Network on Southeast Asian Coastal Ecosystems”; the “Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia Project” of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; the “Biological Properties of Biodiversity Hotspots in Japan” project of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan; and the “Establishment of Research and Education Network on Biodiversity and Its Conservation in the Satsunan Islands” project of Kagoshima University adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
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