抄録
A female Lates japonicus Known as akame in 1036mm standard length was caught by set-net off Shiina in Muroto City, Kochi Prefecture on 2 February, 2017. The specimen represents a new locality for the species in Kochi Prefecture. Some diagnostic characters of this fish differed from the original description of the species. Important morphometric and meristic characters of the species are reviewed based on published and unpublished data.
