著者

髙橋 夢加 岡田 誠 笹木 大地 本村 浩之 木村 清志

出版者

日本魚類学会

雑誌

魚類学雑誌 (ISSN:00215090)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.18-023, (Released:2018-09-19)

参考文献数

11

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The carangid genus Decapterus Bleeker, 1851 is characterized by single finlets behind both the second dorsal and anal fins, no scutes along the anterior curved part of the lateral line, two low papillae on the shoulder girdle, and a well-developed adipose eyelid. Members of the genus are distributed in tropical to temperate areas of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans, and are commercially important food fishes. Four species (D. akaadsi Abe, 1958, D. kurroides Bleeker, 1855, D. smithvanizi Kimura, Katahira and Kuriiwa, 2013 and D. tabl Berry, 1968), characterized by a red caudal fin, are included in the red-fin Decapterus group. In 2016 and 2018, three specimens [216–304 mm in standard length (SL)] of D. kurroides, previously recorded from the Red Sea and east coast of Africa to the east coast of Australia and the Philippines, were collected from Kumano-nada, Pacific coast of Mie Prefecture, Japan. Additionally, a single specimen (191 mm SL) collected from Japanese waters in the East China Sea (west of Kyushu) in 2006 was also identified as D. kurroides. The specimens represent the first records of the species from Japanese waters, the Kumano-nada specimens being the northernmost record for the species. Decapterus kurroides is the most similar to D. akaadsi, but differs from the latter in the following characters: scutes more numerous on the straight part of the lateral line (30–32 vs. 26–29 in D. akaadsi), longer head (head length 29.9–33.0% SL vs. 26.7–30.1%) and longer snout-anus distance (55.8–60.4% SL vs. 51.2–54.6%) [measurements for both species modified from Kimura et al., (2013)]. Decapterus kurroides is also distinguishable from D. smithvanizi and D. tabl by having fewer cycloid scales on the curved part of the lateral line (45–52 vs. 54–62 in D. smithvanizi, 61–72 in D. tabl) and a deeper body (body depth 23.4–27.2% SL vs. 19.4–22.5%, 16.6–23.0%). A new standard Japanese name “Kitsune-akaaji” is proposed for D. kurroides.

著者

笹木 大地 木村 清志

出版者

国立大学法人 鹿児島大学総合研究博物館

雑誌

Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan

巻号頁・発行日

vol.3, pp.16-19, 2020

著者

髙橋 夢加 岡田 誠 笹木 大地 本村 浩之 木村 清志

出版者

一般社団法人 日本魚類学会

雑誌

魚類学雑誌 (ISSN:00215090)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.65, no.2, pp.181-185, 2018-11-05 (Released:2018-11-05)

参考文献数

11

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The carangid genus Decapterus Bleeker, 1851 is characterized by single finlets behind both the second dorsal and anal fins, no scutes along the anterior curved part of the lateral line, two low papillae on the shoulder girdle, and a well-developed adipose eyelid. Members of the genus are distributed in tropical to temperate areas of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans, and are commercially important food fishes. Four species (D. akaadsi Abe, 1958, D. kurroides Bleeker, 1855, D. smithvanizi Kimura, Katahira and Kuriiwa, 2013 and D. tabl Berry, 1968), characterized by a red caudal fin, are included in the red-fin Decapterus group. In 2016 and 2018, three specimens [216–304 mm in standard length (SL)] of D. kurroides, previously recorded from the Red Sea and east coast of Africa to the east coast of Australia and the Philippines, were collected from Kumano-nada, Pacific coast of Mie Prefecture, Japan. Additionally, a single specimen (191 mm SL) collected from Japanese waters in the East China Sea (west of Kyushu) in 2006 was also identified as D. kurroides. The specimens represent the first records of the species from Japanese waters, the Kumano-nada specimens being the northernmost record for the species. Decapterus kurroides is the most similar to D. akaadsi, but differs from the latter in the following characters: scutes more numerous on the straight part of the lateral line (30–32 vs. 26–29 in D. akaadsi), longer head (head length 29.9–33.0% SL vs. 26.7–30.1%) and longer snout-anus distance (55.8–60.4% SL vs. 51.2–54.6%) [measurements for both species modified from Kimura et al., (2013)]. Decapterus kurroides is also distinguishable from D. smithvanizi and D. tabl by having fewer cycloid scales on the curved part of the lateral line (45–52 vs. 54–62 in D. smithvanizi, 61–72 in D. tabl) and a deeper body (body depth 23.4–27.2% SL vs. 19.4–22.5%, 16.6–23.0%). A new standard Japanese name “Kitsune-akaaji” is proposed for D. kurroides.

著者

日比野 友亮 笹木 大地 木村 清志

出版者

一般社団法人 日本魚類学会

雑誌

魚類学雑誌 (ISSN:00215090)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.63, no.1, pp.33-38, 2016-04-25 (Released:2018-04-25)

参考文献数

14

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The cosmopolitan genus Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816, characterized by unforked dorsal-fin spines, currently comprises 64 valid species, including Opistognathus variabilis Smith-Vaniz, 2009, described on the basis of 71 specimens and widely known from the Maldives, Andaman Sea, Indonesia, Philippines, Palau, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands and Vanuatu. However, the Japanese record was based solely on an underwater photograph taken off Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands. A single example of the species, collected from Yonaguni Island, Yaeyama Islands, represents the first record of the species from Japan supported by a voucher specimen. Opistognathus variabilis closely resembles Opistognathus albicaudatus Smith-Vaniz, 2011 and Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker, 1860 in having an elongate upper jaw, numerous longitudinal scales and similar body coloration, including 7–10 dark blotches along the dorsal-fin base. However, the former can be distinguished from O. albicaudatus by the poreless Y-shaped area dorsally on the head (vs. absent) and 9–11 procurrent caudal-fin rays (vs. 6–7), and from O. castelnaui by having 68–92 longitudinal scale rows (vs. 90–110), the dorsal fin deeper posteriorly (vs. similar depth along entire length), a single stripe on the upper jaw inner surface (vs. two), and seven or eight mid-lateral blotches along the body (vs. three or four irregular dark horizontal lines and/or dark reticulations laterally on body). The new Japanese standard name “Shishidama-ohkuchi-amadai” is proposed for O. variabilis.