The Bearded Ghoul, Inimicus didactylus (Pallas, 1769), a member of stonefish family previously known to be distributed only in the western Pacific from southern Japan, northern Australia and Vanuatu is reported herein from the southeast coast of India. This report constitutes the fifth species of the genus Inimicus to be reported from the Indian waters. The meristic and morphological characters of I. didactylus recorded in the present study is compared with I. sinensis, a species commonly distributed in the east coast of India.

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来自印度东南沿海的胡须食尸鬼的新记录，Inimicus didactylus（Pallas，1769年）（Scorpaeniformes：Synanceiidae）

有胡子的食尸鬼，Inimicus didactylus（Pallas，1769），以前已知仅在日本南部，澳大利亚北部和瓦努阿图的西太平洋分布的石鱼科成员，据报道是从印度东南沿海分布的。该报告构成了印度水域中Inimicus属的第五种物种。将本研究中记录的杜鹃花的特征和形态特征与印度东海岸常见的中华sin进行了比较。