Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has discovered two more seer fishes from Indian waters.

Researchers at ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) have identified two more species of seer fish, the most sought-after high-value marine fish. He discovered one species, the Arabian sparrow seer fish (Scomberomorus avirostrus), which was completely new to science and revived another species, the Russell spotted seer fish (Scomberomorus leopardus), which was previously synonymous with the spotted seer fish. The discovery comes from a comprehensive taxonomic study on spotted fishes found along the Indian coast. The new species was given the common name Arabian Sparrow Seer Fish by the ICAR-CMFRI team due to its distinctive bird-beak-like snout. It inhabits the Arabian Sea coast north of Mangalore and based on available scientific information its distribution extends to the Arabian Gulf. The distribution of the other two was along the coast of the Bay of Bengal north of Nagapattinam, including the Andaman Sea and the China Sea. These three seer fish species are smaller in size than their counterparts and are mostly found in nearshore waters.