Monacanthidae

Patankar, Vardhan, Paranjape, Akhila, Tyabji, Zoya, Wagh, Tanmay & Marathe, Aniruddha, 2018, Occurrence and distribution of tetraodontiform fishes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Check List 14 (3), pp. 529-537 : 533

Family Monacanthidae

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Figure 3A

Observed 2 individuals from Cabra Island in the Nicobar archipelago. Body blue-green with rows of orange spots; tail with prominent black spot; snout elon- gate, with mouth small and upturned.

Figures

Figure 3. Some species of fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A. Oxymonacanthus longirostris. B. Ostracion cubicus. C. Ostracion melegris.D. Arothron nigropunctatus. E. Arothron stellatus. F. Canthigaster petersii.