Resumen de Molecular Taxonomy and Distribution Status of Odontanthias perumali (Talwar 1976) From Bay of Bengal, Eastern Indian Ocean

Kannan Karuppiah, Kumar Rajendran, Raja Selvaraju, Sajan John, Kannapiran Ethiraj

• The first Anthiadinae species of the genus Odontanthias Bleeker, 1873, is recorded from the Southeast coast of India. Two specimens of ray-finned fish Odontanthias perumali were captured by trawler at depth of about 80-150 m having morphological characters: pectoral fin rays 17-18, lateral-line scale 30-31, maximum depth of body 2.6 to 2.7 SL, vomerine-tooth patches diamond-shaped. This is the first report with color photographic images of key character of O. perumali from the East coast of India. The COI gene phylogenetic analysis confirmed the existence of Odontanthias perumali in the Southeast coast of India. This study will contribute to species identification within this genus distributed in the Indian waters.