Northernmost records of Neamia notula (Apogonidae) from Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Abstract

Six specimens (20.6–30.7 mm standard length) of the rare Indo-West Pacific Gillspot Cardinalfish, Neamia notula Fraser and Allen, 2001 (Apogonidae) were collected from a beach (after having been stranded following strong southerly winds) at Sabiura, Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on 1 March 1982. Japanese examples of the species having been recorded only from Kashiwa Island (Kochi Pref.), Uchinoura Bay (Kagoshima Pref.), and Senaga, Okinawa Island (Okinawa Pref.), the Wakayama specimens represent the northernmost record of the species.