Present study described the new distributional record of Peristedion liorhynchus (Günther in Proc of the Zool Soc Lond 1871:652–675, 1872) from Central Indian Ocean. Two specimens were collected from the continental slope of Arabian Sea, India at a depth of 934 m. Previous occurrence of P. liorhynchus in the Indian Ocean only came from its eastern region. The present record of this species extends its geographical distributional area towards the Central Indian Ocean and also represents the report of third species of the genus Peristedion from this area. Present record constitutes a valuable addition to the ichthyofauna of India. Along with morphometric and meristic characters previous distributional records also discussed.

本研究描述了来自中印度洋的Peristedion liorhynchus (Günther in Proc of the Zool Soc Lond 1871:652–675, 1872)的新分布记录。两个标本采集自印度阿拉伯海大陆坡，深度为 934 m。之前在印度洋出现的P. liorhynchus仅来自其东部地区。该物种目前的记录将其地理分布区域延伸至中印度洋，同时也代表了来自该地区的Peristedion属第三种的报告。目前的记录是对印度鱼群的宝贵补充。除了形态测量和优点特征之外，还讨论了先前的分布记录。