宮崎県日南海岸で採集されたアカネキントキ (新称) Priacanthus blochiiとウスベニキントキ (新称) P.fitchi
1997 年 44 巻 2 号 p. 101-106
詳細
1997 年 44 巻 2 号 p. 101-106
Two priacanthid fishes, Priacanthus blochii Bleeker and P. fitchi Starnes, collected by set net in ca. 50m depth off the Nichinan Coast, Meitsu, Nango-cho and Miyotoura, Kushima City, Miyazaki Pref. constitute the first record and the third record with exact locality from Japan, respectively. Four specimens (214-264 mm in standard length) of P blochii and one specimen (214 mm in standard length) of P. fitchi are herein described with new Japanese names, Akane-kintoki and Usubeni-kintoki, respectively. They represent the northernmost records of both species as well as including the largest sizes recorded for each. Morphological variation and some ecological aspects of both species are included.
