Northernmost record of Platycaranx malabaricus (Teleostei: Carangidae) from Sagami Bay, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Abstract

A single adult specimen (192.2 mm standard length) of the Malabar Trevally, Platycaranx malabaricus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Teleostei: Carangidae), collected from Sagami Bay was observed in the fish collection of the Department of Zoology, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo. Because the northern limit of the distributional range of the species has been regarded as Mihama Town, Aichi Prefecture, the specimen described in this study represents the northernmost record and first record from Kanagawa Prefecture of P. malabaricus.