| The white mouth jack fish, Uraspis uraspis (Gunther, 1860) has been recorded for the first time in the Andaman waters, Eastern Indian Ocean. The specimens (n = 5, total length 170.94 – 227.14 mm) were collected during the period from May to July 2023. U.uraspis was previously reported from main land waters of India only. The species is characterized by 6 spines and 32 soft dorsal-fin rays, 18 pectoral-fin rays, 1 spiny and 5 soft pelvic-fin rays and 21 gill rakers on first-gill arch, curved part of the lateral line is longer than the straight part of the lateral line. The present report added a new member of a carangid fish diversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Keywords: Carangidae, white tongue jack, morphology, Andaman
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