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First record of Lestrolepis philippina (Fowler, 1934) (Teleostei: Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from Andaman Sea, off Phuket, Thailand

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Toshio Kawai
Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan
Surangkana Tuanapaya
Phuket Marine Biological Center, P.O. Box 60, Phuket 83000, Thailand
Shunsuke Yamashita
Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan

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Lestrolepis philippina (Fowler, 1934) was collected from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean, off Phuket, Thailand. This species has been identified in the western Pacific off Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, north of northwestern New Guinea, South China Sea and Molucca Passage, and the eastern Indian Ocean off Sumatra to Timor and northwestern Australia.Inthis study,thefirstreportofthis species in Thai waters was presented. This species possesses the following diagnostic characteristics: body depth 5.9–8.6% of standard length; distance between the origins of the pelvic and dorsal fins 32.5–43.1% of the distance between the origins of the pelvic and anal fins; anal-fin rays 36–40; lateral-line scales before the pelvic-fin origin 30–32; lateral-line scales before the dorsal-fin origin 3840; lateral-line scales before the anal-fin origin 4951; total number of lateral-line scales 65– 72; prehemal vertebrae 29–32; prepelvic vertebrae 30–33; predorsal vertebrae 36–40; preanal vertebrae 48–51; caudal vertebrae 52–58; total vertebrae 82–88; vertebrae between the origins of the pelvic and dorsal fins 5–9; and narroband of black chromatophores along the abdominal margin.

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