First records of two rare snappers, Lutjanus madras and L. dodecacanthoides, from Okinawan waters

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  • 沖縄島周辺海域から初めて記録されたフエダイ科フエダイ属魚類の2稀種イモトフエダイLutjanus madrasとハスジマタルミ L. dodecacanthoides

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Single specimens of two lutjanid species, Lutjanus madras and L. dodecacanthoides, were recently purchased from Okinawa-jima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Both species had only been previously recorded from Iriomote-jima Island and the Yaeyama Islands in Japan, and were never subsequently reported after these first Japanese records. Thus, these specimens are the first distributional records from around Okinawa-jima Island, and are the second records of both species from Japan. The two species belong to genus Lutjanus, and most species in this genus are know as common commercial fish. Our current findings indicate that understanding of marine biodiversity is still insufficient in the Ryukyu Archipelago.

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  • Fauna Ryukyuana

    Fauna Ryukyuana 14 1-6, 2014-08-26

    Ryukyu University Museum, Fujukan

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