A holocentrid fish, Sargocentron praslin from Japan (Perciformes: Holocentridae)

Abstract

A holocentrid fish, Sargocentron praslin (Lacepede, 1802), collected within a depth of 15-50 m off around Meitsu, Nango-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture (two specimens) and Okinawa I., Okinawa Prefecture (three specimens), Japan, constitutes the third record from Japan. Five specimens of S. praslin (143-189 mm in standard length) are herein described with a new Japanese name, Kuroobi-ebisu, and the two specimens from Miyazaki represent the northernmost record of the species.