Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906 (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) - an addition to the Eel Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and India Author Rajan, P. T. Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair - 744102, Andaman and Nicobar, India Author Bharucha, Johann Author Bineesh, K. K. Author Mishra, S. S. Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 700016, West Bengal, India; subhrendumishra @ gmail. com text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2018 118 3 287 292 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i3/2018/121779 2581-8686 13183655 Barredtail Moray Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale at Neil Island. Muraenid species reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands Blyth (1846) has pioneered the study of fishes from Nicobar Islands with record of three moray eel, viz., Thaerodontis reticulata , Dalophis geometrica and Thaerodontis maculata , which are first ever report of any fish from these group of Islands. Day (1871) listed only 7 species of moray eels. Further, beginning with, many other workers contributed ( Day, 1878 ; Herre, 1940 , Herre, 1941 ; Menon and Talwar, 1973; Talwar, 1990 ; Devi and Rao, 2003 ; Rajaram and Nedumaran, 2009 ; Allen & Erdmann, 2012 ) to record of ten more species, while recently Rajan et al., (2013) added Echidna rhodochilus to the list of muraenids from Andaman and Nicobar Islands . The present record of Gymnothorax zonipectis forms the 21 st species from these Islands belonging to the family Muraenidae . An annotated list of muraenids so far reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands is appended herewith.