Papers - MURASE Atsunobu
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First records of the Crown Spotty Blenny, <i>Laiphognathus longispinis</i> (Teleostei, Blenniidae, Omobranchini), from Kyoto Prefecture, Sea of Japan Reviewed
Soh Nagaya, Yudai Fukui, Kanta Shimizu, Atsushi Yasuda, Kaito Shirasu, Mikoto Moriya, Kazunori Yokooka, Atsunobu Murase
Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 33 ( 0 ) 10 - 13 2023.6
Authorship：Last author, Corresponding author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
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Ogata Yukiya, Wada Hidetoshi, Wada Masaaki, Murase Atsunobu
Species Diversity 28 ( 1 ) 51 - 57 2023.2
Authorship：Last author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：日本動物分類学会
Two specimens of the carangid fish <i>Scomberoides tala</i> (Cuvier, 1832) (141.5–411.0 mm in standard length, 151.9–433.0 mm in fork length), collected from northern Miyazaki Prefecture and the Yaeyama Islands, southern Japan, represent the first specimen-supported Japanese records and northernmost record of the species, previously recorded from the east coast of South Africa, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indo-Australian Archipelago, Australia, Gulf of Thailand, and South China Sea. In addition, the distribution of <i>S. tala</i> in Japanese waters was assessed on the basis of a previous photographic record, and the Japanese name for the species was discussed.
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Naoto Obaru, Yukiya Ogata, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 77 119 - 124 2022.12
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Biogeographical Society of Japan
Two specimens (228.0–315.8 mm standard length) of the Fivebar Grouper, Epinephelus kupangensis (Teleostei, Perciformes), collected off the coasts of Nobeoka City and Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, represent the first specimen-based records from the prefecture and second record from Japan.
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Yukiya Ogata and Atsunobu Murase
Nature and Environment in Miyazaki ( 7 ) 82 - 84 2022.12
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Yusuke Saiki, Yukiya Ogata and Atsunobu Murase
Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 27 ( 0 ) 51 - 56 2022.12
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
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Takumi Kurihara, Yukiya Ogata, Atsunobu Murase
23 32 - 37 2022.8
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
Other Link： https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/ichthy/INHFJ_2022_023_032.pdf
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Taro Kato, Yukiya Ogata, Yuta Yamasaki, Yasunari Tsumori, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 76 87 - 96 2021.12
Authorship：Last author, Corresponding author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Biogeographical Society of Japan
“Karuta” is one of the most popular traditional card games in Japan, two card types, reading and illustrated, being used. The card game is one of the better ways for children to memorize words because of its format; one child reads a “reading” card out loud and other participants seek the corresponding “illustrated” card from among a number of down-turned illustrated cards, thereby competing for the greatest number of cards. A “Fish Karuta” alternative card set was developed from information on local fish diversity around Kadogawa Bay (east coast of Kyushu, southern Japan) and questionnaire surveys performed with it before and after a Karuta tournament to ascertain any positive effects for environmental awareness of aquatic ecosystems. The Fish Karuta as developed comprised reading cards (each with a description of the ecology and characteristics of a particular fish species) and illustrated cards with a photo on the down-turned side (including information on the species depicted) and a fish anime illustration on the other. Sixty-seven children participated at the tournament, an initial questionnaire revealing that almost all were from areas around Kadogawa Bay, with more than 80 % interested in nature. A post-tournament questionnaire indicated that most of the children enjoyed the tournament and had their interest in fishes, nature and associated activities stimulated because of it. Furthermore, most of the ten children who answered “not interested in nature” on the initial questionnaire responded more positively after the tournament. These responses indicated that a form of karuta based on aquatic biodiversity information has positive effects on environmental awareness and can be useful as support material for education on aquatic matters and marine sustainability.
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Takumi Kurihara, Yukiya Ogata, Mikiya Sanada, Atsunobu Murase
15 1 - 4 2021.12
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
Other Link： https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/ichthy/INHFJ_2021_015_001.pdf
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Kurihara Takumi, Ogata Yukiya, Murase Atsunobu
Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 14 ( 0 ) 17 - 20 2021.11
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
Other Link： https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/ichthy/INHFJ_2021_014_017.pdf
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Kazuo Hoshino, Atsunobu Murase
13 50 - 52 2021.10
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
Other Link： https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/ichthy/INHFJ_2021_009_001.pdf
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Yukiya Ogata, Shinichi Utsunomiya, Masaaki Wada and Atsunobu Murase
9 1 - 5 2021.6
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
Other Link： https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/ichthy/INHFJ_2021_009_001.pdf
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Yuta Yamasaki, Yukiya Ogata, and Atsunobu Murase
5 16 - 19 2021.2
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
Other Link： https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ichthy/5/0/5_16/_article/-char/en
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Yuta Yamasaki, Yukiya Ogata, and Atsunobu Murase
2 1 - 3 2020.11
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Atsunobu Murase, Tetsuya Ishimaru, Yukiya Ogata, Yuta Yamasaki, Hidenobu Kawano, Kenji Nakanishi, Kaito Inoue
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 241 2020.8
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
The use of estuarine and marine ecosystems by amphidromous fishes has not been thoroughly studied, especially with respect to habitat types. Here, abundance and size comparisons of juveniles of an amphidromous fish, ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis), were performed among four types of topographically distinct shallow, soft-bottom habitats across two different environmental contexts (marine and estuarine) through monthly seining along an estuary–ocean ecotone in southern Japan. Topography (open/enclosed and presence/absence of surf zone) and environmental parameters (water temperature and salinity) differed among the four habitats, i.e., riverine estuary, exposed beach, embayed beach, and lagoon estuary. The peak month of juvenile abundance also differed among habitats (riverine estuary in December, exposed beach in January, embayed beach and lagoon estuary in March), as did the mean standard length (riverine estuary < exposed beach < embayed beach < lagoon estuary), although the abundance at embayed beach was significantly greater than in the two estuaries, and almost all size classes of juveniles occurred at embayed beach. A likely explanation for these patterns is that juvenile ayu select coastal habitats as they develop swimming ability and that riverine estuary/exposed beach, embayed beach, and lagoon estuary function as a corridor, primary nursery, and possible foraging ground, respectively. These findings, coupled with implications from previous studies of habitat selection in coasts by anadromous fishes, highlight the importance of seascape-level analysis for elucidating the nursery functions of coastal habitats, even for diadromous nekton.
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First record of a percophid fish, Matsubaraea fusiformis, from Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan
Ogata, Y. and A. Murase
47 33 - 35 2020.6
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
A single specimen of a percophid fish, Matsubaraea fusiformis (61.1 mm in standard length), was collected in sandy shore of Nobeoka City (32º34'46.56''N, 131º 42'10.08''E), Miyazaki Prefecture, eastern Kyushu, southern Japan. This specimen verifiably represents the first record of the species from the Prefecture.
Other Link： http://journal.kagoshima-nature.org/047-006
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Hongjamrassilp W., Murase A., Miki R., Hastings P.A.
Zoological Studies 59 2020.4
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Zoological Studies
© 2020, Academia Sinica. All rights reserved. Several temperate marine taxa of the northern hemisphere follow a trans-Pacific biogeographic track with representatives on either side of the intervening boreal waters. Shelter-dwelling blenniiform fishes of the genus Neoclinus exhibit this trans-Pacific distribution pattern with three species in the eastern North Pacific and eight species in the western North Pacific. We reconstructed the phylogeny of the Neocliniini (Neoclinus and the monotypic Mccoskerichthys) using six genetic markers: four mitochondrial genes (COI, cytochrome b, 12S and 16S), and two nuclear genes (RAG-1, TMO-4C4). Ancestral state reconstruction and molecular clock dating were used to explore hypothetical ancestral distributions and area relationships, and to estimate divergent times within this group. The monophyly of the genus Neoclinus, and the reciprocal monophyly of the eastern Pacific and western Pacific lineages were supported. Available evidence, including the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic occurrence of a New World clade of blennioid fishes that includes this lineage, supports the origin of the Neocliniini in the eastern Pacific with a single divergence event to the west across the North Pacific by the ancestor of the western Pacific clade. Estimated divergence time of the eastern and western Pacific clades of Neoclinus was 24.14 million year ago, which falls during the Oligocene epoch. Estimated times of divergence in other trans-Pacific lineages of marine fishes vary widely from recent Pleistocene events to as early as 34 mya.
Other Link： https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85081596111&origin=inward
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Usefulness of a Japanese internet community for fish conservation Reviewed
Miyazaki Y., Murase A., Honda J., Yamaide J., Senou H.
Biodiversity and Conservation 29 ( 2 ) 625 - 642 2020.2
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Biodiversity and Conservation
© 2019, Springer Nature B.V. Large biodiversity datasets are currently being collected not only by experts and amateur researchers, but also by the general public. In this study, records of non-native and Japanese Red List fishes observed by citizens were extracted from all 85,453 posts on the bulletin board system of WEB sakana-zukan, a web-based encyclopedia of Japanese fishes that went online in 2002. We found 681 (0.8%) and 549 (0.6%) posts containing attached images of non-native and Red Data Book fishes, resulting in 418 and 362 Japanese distributional records respectively. The number of posts and the composition of non-native species reflected the Japanese inland fisheries policy to increase target species. These data included records of exotic species (eleven taxa) whose introduction to Japan had been unknown previously, as well as records of nine exotic/domestic species whose introductions into specific Japanese regions had been unknown. Additionally, we identified the range extension of one Red Data Book species. These photographs were stored in a public museum’s photographic collection for ongoing scientific use. Three heavy users of the website combined contributed 26.7% of the new distribution records (8/30 lots), while 15 light users contributed 50.0% (15/30 lots), suggesting that overall there is a greater contribution by light users. This indicates that a web community with abundant users can accumulate new biodiversity observations better than one with fewer users but many posts per user. Our results show that this web-community was able to contribute to monitoring non-native and Red List fishes in conjunction with expert participation, and therefore that web-communities targeting living organisms can contribute to biodiversity conservation.
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Fish rubbings, ‘gyotaku’, as a source of historical biodiversity data Reviewed
Yusuke Miyazaki, Atsunobu Murase
ZooKeys 904 89 - 101 2020.1
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
Methods for obtaining historical biodiversity information are mostly limited to examining museum specimens or surveying past literature. Such materials are sometimes time limited due to degradation, discarding, or other loss. The Japanese cultural art of ‘gyotaku’, which means “fish impression” or “fish rubbing” in English, captures accurate images of fish specimens, and has been used by recreational fishermen and artists since the Edo Period (the oldest known ‘gyotaku’ was made in 1839). ‘Gyotaku’ images often include distributional information, i.e., locality and sampling date. To determine the extent and usefulness of these data, field and questionnaire surveys targeting leisure fishing and boating stores were conducted in the following regions where threatened or extinct fishing targets exist (four regions including the northernmost to the southernmost regions). As a result, 261 ‘gyotaku’ rubbings were digitally copied with their owners’ consents. From these, distributional data were extracted for 218 individuals, which roughly represented regional fish faunas and common fishing targets. The peak number of ‘gyotaku’ stocked at the surveyed shops was made in 2002, while ones made before 1985 were much fewer. The number of ‘gyotaku’ rubbings made in recent years shows a recovery trend after 2011–2012. The present study demonstrates the validity of examining ‘gyotaku’ for historical biodiversity information.
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Yuta Yamasaki, Ryohei Miki, Masahide Itou, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 74 93 - 97 2019.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
Two individuals of the monogrammed monocle bream, Scolopsis monogramma were collected and photographed from the coastal area of Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture on March 2019, and Minami-satsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyusyu, southern Japan on May 2019. These materials of the specimen and photo represent the first records from Kyusyu, and second records from Japanese mainland.
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Yukiya Ogata, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 74 65 - 69 2019.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
Fourteen specimens of Eleutherochir mirabilis (Perciformes, Callionymidae) (29.1–51.3 mm in standard length) were collected in sandy shores (including mouth of a river) of Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, eastern coast of Kyushu, southern Japan. The present specimens represented the southernmost record and the first record from the prefecture for the species on the basis of verifiable specimens.