フエダイ科ハスジマタルミLutjanus dodecacanthoidesの鹿児島県大隅諸島からの記録

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Two examples of Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Lutjanidae), previously recorded from India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan (Yaeyama Islands, near Taiwan), were collected at a depth of 20-70m off the Osumi Group (30°20-35'N), Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Since the northernmost record of the species was considered as the Yaeyama Islands (24°03-28'N), southern Japan, the distributional range of the species extended approximately 700km northward. The newly collected specimens were described here and ecological information was given based on examination of the stomach contains of the specimens.