Murase A, Inui R, Miki R, Miyazaki Y. Revising the distribution of a threatened goby,
Apocryptodon punctatus (Perciformes, Oxudercidae), in Japan with the discovery of an isolated population.
Zookeys 2017:71-83. [PMID:
28228668 PMCID:
PMC5299225 DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.645.10755]
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Abstract
Five specimens of a threatened goby, Apocryptodonpunctatus (21.2–40.1 mm in standard length), were collected at a mudflat site of Kushima City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan over two seasons, autumn (September 2015) and spring (April 2016). A review of distributional records of Apocryptodonpunctatus revealed that this population represents the southernmost record of the species in Japanese waters, and is isolated ca. 200 km south-southwest from the nearest point of the main range of the species along the Pacific coast of Japan. Publicising this population will help conserve it and its vulnerable habitat.
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