Review of the Squirrelfishes (Subfamily Holocentrinae: Order Beryciformes) of Japan, with a Description of a New Species

Abstract

The taxonomy of the species of the subfamily Holccentrinae from Japan and some species from the western Pacific is reviewed and keys to the following fourteen species of Adioryx and four species of Flammeo are presented: Adioryx furcatus, A.spinifer, A.caudimaculatus, A.cornutus, A.spinosissimus, A.ruber, A.lacteoguttatus, A.tiere, A.diadema, A.ittodai, Flammeo argenteus, F.sammara, F.opercularis, F.scythrops from Japan; Adioryx violaceus, A.microstomus, A.tiereoides from outside of Japan; and a new species Adioryx dorsomaculatus from Japan.