Occurrence of Whitemouth jack, Uraspis uraspis (Gunther, 1860) (Carangiformes: Carangidae) from the Andaman island, Eastern Indian Ocean

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.