Abstract
Three species of apogonid fishes, Apogoncompressus(Smith et Radcliffe), A.sangiensisBleek:er and A.gilberti(Jordan et Seale), wereecently collected from coastal waters r in Japan.These species, which are described here as newto Japan, were caught mainly at Kabira Bay, Ishitgaki Island(24°25'N, 124°10'E).A.saniensisis cgommon in the Ryukyu Islands.buthas beenp overlooked presumably because itwas confused with A.lateralis Valenciennes.The other two species seem not common inthe Ryukyu Islands.Most field surveys weremade by snorkeling and catching fish witha dip net.In this report some descriptions ofthese materials and brief comments are made.
