Northernmost Records of Three Fish Species from Suruga Bay, Japan, with Notes on Distributional Implications for these Species

Abstract

Recently, one specimen each of Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara, 1953 (Aulopiformes: Chlorophthalmidae), Aulopus formosanus Lee and Chao, 1994 (Aulopiformes: Aulopidae) and Foetorepus masudai Nakabo, 1987 (Perciformes: Callionymidae) were collected from Suruga Bay, Japan. These specimens represent the fi rst record of each species from the bay and the northernmost record for the species. It is suggested that the Kuroshio Current impacts on their dispersion like it does for many reef and shore fi shes; their distribution is continuous in southern Japan along the path of the current.