Journal of Marine Biology and AquacultureJournal of Marine Biology and AquacultureJournal of Marine Biology and AquacultureJournal of Marine Biology and Aquaculture2381-0750Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA122810.15436/2381-0750.16.1228Research ArticleNew Record of the Tassled Scorpion Fish, Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker, 1849) (Order: Scorpaeniformes, Family: Scorpaenidae) from Visakhapatnam Coast, Indian WatersNew Record of the Tassled Scorpion Fish, Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker, 1849) (Order: Scorpaeniformes, Family: Scorpaenidae) from Visakhapatnam Coast, Indian WatersMUDDULA KRISHNA NARANJIDepartment of Marine Living Resources Andhra University Visakhapatnam-530003 Andhra Pradesh IndiaEditor* E-mail: krishna.muddu217@gmail.com
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20161912201622JMBA-16-RA-122817112016121220162016Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp emsp emsp Based on twenty two specimens of the Tassled Scorpion Fish species of Scorpaenopsis oxycephala Bleeker 1849 85-96 mm TL collected from the Visakhapatnam coastal waters east coast of India we described Scorpaenopsis oxycephala as the new record from Indian Ichthyofauna This species mainly characterized by having 12 dorsal spines preopercular with five spines supraorbital tentacle long scales present in the space between opercular spines naked occipital very shallow pectoral length 26 22 in percentage of standard length pelvic fin ray length 22 05 in percentage of standard length In the present study the diagnosis remarks and a specimen photo are given 10