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Table 1 List of new species records from Lakshadweep reefs. The status (yes/no) of previous reports of these speceis, from Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the mainland coast of India, is also shown

From: Fishes of Lakshadweep archipelago: new records, review and a revised checklist

Sl No.

Species

Previous records

Andaman Nicobar Islands

Mainland Coast of India

1

Neotrygon indica Pavan-Kumar et al., 2018

Yes

Yes

2

Taeniura meyeni Müller & Henle, 1841

Yes

Yes

3

Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1856)

No

No

4

Pseudanthias ignitus (Randall & Lubbock, 1981)

Yes

No

5

Zoramia virdiventer Greenfield, Langston & Randall, 2005

No

No

6

Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828)

Yes

Yes

7

Monotaxis heterodon (Bleeker, 1854)

Yes

No

8

Parapercis millepunctata (Gunther, 1860)

Yes

Yes

9

Helcogramma striata Hansen, 1986

Yes

No

10

Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Aoyagi, 1954)

No

No

11

Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856)

Yes

No

12

Nemateleotris magnificus (Fowler, 1938)

Yes

No

13

Ctenochaetus truncatus Randall & Clements 2001

Yes

No

14

Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker 1855)

Yes

No

15

Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835)

No

No