DNA barcoding of False stone fish Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829), a new record for the Andaman Islands and India

摘要

A specimen of the false stone fish Scorpaenopsis diabolus(Cuvier, 1829)was captured at the Burmanallah coast in the Andaman Islands, India. Identification was done combining traditional taxonomy, based on the observation and measurement of morphology traits, with DNA barcoding in an integrative taxonomy approach. On this basis, S. diabolus constitutes a new record in the faunal diversity of the Andaman Islands and India.