日本海および東シナ海から得られたマメウツボGymnothorax reevesiiの日本における確実な記録

抄録

Two specimens [FRLM 60553, 737.0 mm of total length (TL); SNFR 21750, 619.1 mm TL] of the moray eel Gymnothorax reevesii (Richardson, 1845) (new standard Japanese name “Mame-utsubo”) are reported from Shimane Prefecture (southwestern coast of Sea of Japan) and the East China Sea, respectively. Although the species has been reported as distributed in the South China Sea to Japan, in addition to Samoa and the Marquesas Islands, verification of the locality and identity of the two records from Japanese waters known to date are problematic. Accordingly, the specimens reported here are the first reliable, voucher supported records of G. reevecii from Japan, that from Shimane Prefecture being the northernmost record for the species.