First Specimen-Based Japanese Record of the Sponge-Dwelling Goby Sueviota minersorum (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands

Two specimens (15.8 and 22.4 mm in standard length) of Sueviota minersorum Greenfield, Erdmann, and Utama, 2019, a species originally described on the basis of four specimens from Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia, were collected from Sotobanari Island, off Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands, sout...

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Main Authors: Masayuki C. Sato, Hiroyuki Motomura
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Published: Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 2025-06-01
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description Two specimens (15.8 and 22.4 mm in standard length) of Sueviota minersorum Greenfield, Erdmann, and Utama, 2019, a species originally described on the basis of four specimens from Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia, were collected from Sotobanari Island, off Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands, southern Japan. Although S. minersorum in Japanese waters has previously been identified on underwater photographs taken at Iriomote Island, this study provides the first specimen-based record of S. minersorum from Japan, and proposes a new standard Japanese name, “Kadomori-awase-isohaze” for the species.
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spelling doaj-art-38e9593617ec4095b5ac964f1e2a19202025-08-20T03:22:08ZengJapanese Society of Systematic ZoologySpecies Diversity1342-16702189-73012025-06-0130210711010.12782/specdiv.30.107First Specimen-Based Japanese Record of the Sponge-Dwelling Goby Sueviota minersorum (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Iriomote Island, Yaeyama IslandsMasayuki C. Sato0Hiroyuki Motomura1The United Graduate School of Agriculture Sciences, Kagoshima UniversityThe Kagoshima University MuseumTwo specimens (15.8 and 22.4 mm in standard length) of Sueviota minersorum Greenfield, Erdmann, and Utama, 2019, a species originally described on the basis of four specimens from Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia, were collected from Sotobanari Island, off Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands, southern Japan. Although S. minersorum in Japanese waters has previously been identified on underwater photographs taken at Iriomote Island, this study provides the first specimen-based record of S. minersorum from Japan, and proposes a new standard Japanese name, “Kadomori-awase-isohaze” for the species.distributionmorphologysueviota lachnerisueviota larsonae
spellingShingle Masayuki C. Sato
Hiroyuki Motomura
First Specimen-Based Japanese Record of the Sponge-Dwelling Goby Sueviota minersorum (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands
Species Diversity
distribution
morphology
sueviota lachneri
sueviota larsonae
title First Specimen-Based Japanese Record of the Sponge-Dwelling Goby Sueviota minersorum (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands
title_full First Specimen-Based Japanese Record of the Sponge-Dwelling Goby Sueviota minersorum (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands
title_fullStr First Specimen-Based Japanese Record of the Sponge-Dwelling Goby Sueviota minersorum (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands
title_full_unstemmed First Specimen-Based Japanese Record of the Sponge-Dwelling Goby Sueviota minersorum (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands
title_short First Specimen-Based Japanese Record of the Sponge-Dwelling Goby Sueviota minersorum (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands
title_sort first specimen based japanese record of the sponge dwelling goby sueviota minersorum teleostei gobiidae from iriomote island yaeyama islands
topic distribution
morphology
sueviota lachneri
sueviota larsonae
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