Papers - MURASE Atsunobu
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Ran Tabayashi, Ryuya Sakamoto, Yukiya Ogata, Atsunobu Murase, Shinjiro Nagatomo
Nature and Environment in Miyazaki ( 10 ) 61 - 62 2025.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
A photographic specimen of a juvenile of Redfin Emperor, Monotaxis heterodon (Lethrinidae), was collected at Meotoura Beach, Kushima City, Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan (31º29'29.1"N, 131º23'07.7"E; 9.5–15.1 m depth; 18°C) on 10 January 2013. Previously, the verifiable Japanese record of this species has been known from Okinawa Prefecture. Therefore, the present photo specimen represents the first record from Miyazaki Prefecture.
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Record of Pseudalutarius nasicornis from Miyazaki Prefecture
Motoi Iwakura, Takumi Kurihara, Yukiya Ogata, Atsunobu Murase
Nature and Environment in Miyazaki ( 10 ) 58 - 60 2025.12
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
A single specimen (44.0 mm standard length) of the Rhinoceros Leatherjacket, Pseudalutarius nasicornis (TEMMINCK & SCHLEGEL 1850), was collected from Kadogawa Bay (Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan). This specimen represents the first reliable record of the species from the prefecture.
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Ota Y, Sakamoto R, Ogata Y, Kurihara T, Murase A
55 385 - 392 2025.11
Authorship：Last author, Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Pensoft Publishers
Zostera japonica Ascherson et Graebner, 1907 is a dominant seagrass species that forms coastal habitats in the northwestern Pacific. Bare areas adjacent to these seagrass beds are also recognized as fish habitat. However, few studies have comparatively evaluated the ecological importance of Z. japonica beds and adjacent bare ground within estuarine environments. We conducted seine net sampling to compare ichthyofaunal composition between Z. japonica beds and adjacent bare ground in a small temperate estuary in Kyushu, southern Japan, during three summer seasons (2015, 2016, and 2019), when seagrass growth is at its peak. Fish species richness and the abundance of the predominant species, Redigobius bikolanus (Herre, 1927), were significantly higher in the seagrass beds than over bare ground. Additionally, the size distribution of R. bikolanus was broader in seagrass beds. PERMANOVA analysis revealed a significant difference in abundance-based species composition between the two habitats, and SIMPER analysis identified three species that contributed most to this distinction: R. bikolanus and Gerres japonicus Bleeker, 1854 (both more abundant in seagrass beds), and Gymnogobius breunigii (Steindachner, 1880) (more abundant over bare ground). These findings imply that Z. japonica beds enhance fish diversity and serve as key habitats for dominant fish species, while adjacent bare ground also supports specific fish communities. The results underscore the importance of conservation efforts within estuaries that account for the ecological roles of both seagrass and bare substrates.
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Takumi Kurihara, Yukiya Ogata, Atsunobu Murase
Biogeography 28 ( 0 ) 7 - 12 2025.10
Authorship：Last author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Biogeographical Society of Japan
Three specimens of the Ishikawa Icefish Neosalangichthys ishikawae (Wakiya & Takahasi, 1913) (42.6–51.0 mm in standard length) were recently collected from coastal surf zones adjacent to Miyazaki and Nobeoka cities, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Although the most southerly extent of the species distribution has been regarded as the Hyuga Nada area (east coast of Kyushu between Oita and Kagoshima prefectures) or Miyazaki Beach (located between Miyazaki Port and the Hitotsuse-gawa river), such records have been based on specimens for which detailed localities were unknown, in addition to an unsupported photograph. Accordingly, the present specimens represent the first voucher-based records of the species from Miyazaki Prefecture, the Miyazaki City specimen being the southernmost verified example of the species.
DOI： 10.11358/biogeo.28.7
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Murase A., Yamasaki Y., Mukai M., Ikehara Y., Ogata Y., Inoue K.
Marine Ecology 46 ( 4 ) 2025.7
Authorship：Lead author, Corresponding author Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Marine Ecology
Estuarine lagoons provide nursery habitats for marine fishes; however, small lagoons (< 1 km<sup>2</sup>) have been overlooked. To evaluate the nursery function of small estuarine lagoons (SELs) for temperate marine fish, this study used seining on the coast of the northwestern Pacific (Kyushu, temperate Japan) during the juvenile seasons (winter and spring) to perform juvenile sampling at two scales and an abundance/size comparison of blackfin seabass (Lateolabrax latus). As a preliminary survey, habitat-scale (inside vs. outside lagoon habitats) sampling was attempted in two SELs during February and April. Subsequently, seascape-scale sampling was undertaken during the juvenile season (January–May). The seascape consisted of two types of estuaries (lagoons and rivers) and sandy beaches (embayed and exposed). A preliminary survey showed no clear difference in abundance among the habitats, but significantly larger juveniles were observed inside than outside the two SELs. In the seascape survey, peak juvenile abundance during the first half of the study period was concentrated in habitats other than the lagoon estuary, whereas no peak was recorded during the second half. Moreover, the lagoon estuary was significantly larger than the marine habitats, and the monthly occurrence of juveniles was continuous in the lagoon estuary but intermittent in the riverine estuary. These results imply that seabass juveniles utilize the SEL habitat as they grow, highlighting the potential nursery function of estuarine lagoons for marine fish, even at a small scale.
DOI： 10.1111/maec.70031
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Haruno Morimoto, Motoi Iwakura, Takumi Kurihara, Atsunobu Murase
Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 55 ( 0 ) 9 - 14 2025.5
Authorship：Last author, Corresponding author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
The present study surveyed stomach contents of Coreoperca kawamebari which domestically introduced into the Gokase River System (northern Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan) to understand the predation impacts on native diadromous shrimps. The stomach contents comparison before/after season of diadromous shrimp migration revealed that percent volume and frequency of a diadromous shrimp (Paratya compressa) in the stomachs of larger C. kawamebari (> 50 mm in standard length) tended to increase after migration season. Furthermore, shrimp and fish individuals were found in the stomachs of smaller C. kawamebari specimens than previously reported. According to these results, C. kawamebari should be considered as a domestic invasive species that might have an impact on diadromous animal populations, and strict caution is required regarding the introduction and occurrence of this species in waters connected to the sea.
Other Link： https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/ichthy/INHFJ_2025_055_009.pdf
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Yukiya Ogata, Sara Tatezawa, Hironari Saito, Atsunobu Murase
Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 54 ( 0 ) 1 - 8 2025.4
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) is a harmful species for humans as well as the “Vulnerable” species of the IUCN Red List. Therefore, it is necessary to accumulate the scientific data in distribution and habitat utilization to establish policies that balance both public safety and conservation of this endangered predator. After the publication in photographic record of the species from an estuary of Japanese mainland (Oyodo River System, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu), the information was disseminated publicly through the various social networking services (SNSs) and mass medias. As a result, some citizen viewers of these medias contacted an ichthyologist (the first author) providing additional photographs of the carp suspected to be preyed on by the bull shark and a shark individual (caught from the same river system) being the first specimen record of the species from Japanese mainland. The present study reports these new materials related to the bull shark occurrence as an example of scientific contribution of SNSs and mass medias to enhance public interests on citizen science and accumulate information in publicly important species.
Other Link： https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/ichthy/INHFJ_2025_054_001.pdf
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Hironari Saito, Yukiya Ogata, Masaaki Wada, Atsunobu Murase
Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 53 ( 0 ) 16 - 22 2025.3
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
A single specimen of Bathygobius panayensis (Jordan and Seale, 1907) (37.8 mm in standard length), a poorly known gobiid species, was collected from Kadogawa Bay (32°28′37.90′′N, 131°39′59.26′′E), northern Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan in September 2022. The species is known only from the holotype from Panay Island, Philippines. Thus, the present specimen from Japan is the second record of the species and remarkably updates a distribution range. The present study provided detailed description and color images of the Japanese specimen, revealing that following diagnostic characters to be distinguished B. panayensis from other congeners: second dorsal fin rays I, 10; anal fin rays I, 8; pectoral fin rays 19 or 20 with uppermost four rays free and bifurcated; longitudinal scale rows 40 or 41; transverse scale rows 13 or 14; predorsal scales undeveloped (if present, a single cycloid scale embedded under mucus layer); white spots longitudinally present along body axis; reddish-brown spots scattered on dorsal/caudal fins and dorsal surface of body. New standard Japanese name “Bozu-kumo-haze” was proposed for the species referring one of the distinctive characters (almost no scales on head and predorsal region).
Other Link： https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/ichthy/INHFJ_2025_053_016.pdf
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Mining internet-based biodiversity data for application to conservation science Reviewed
Miyazaki Yusuke, Murase Atsunobu, Senou Hiroshi
Biogeography 27 ( 0 ) 9 - 19 2025.1
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：日本生物地理学会
WEB上に散在する潜在的自然史資料の発掘とその活用．
宮崎佑介・村瀬敦宣・瀬能 宏．
ソーシャルメディア（SNS）・ブログ・個人サイト等のWEBサイトには，時間や場所の属性情報が付随する多数の生物多様性情報（画像や動画等）がアップロードされている．本研究では，このようなWEB上に散在するデータを「潜在的自然史資料」とみなし，神奈川県立生命の星・地球博物館の「魚類写真資料データベース」への情報統合を試みた．この公立自然史博物館を中心に据えた生物多様性データ統合の試行に基づき，博物館法における「博物館」の定義の中で機関の目的として掲げられている三本柱（資料の収集と保管・調査研究・普及教育）を体系化するとともに市民の保全意識を向上することができる概念モデルを構築した．まず，Twitter（現X）や「ＷＥＢさかな図鑑」といったSNSにアップロードされている魚類の画像のうち，採捕・観察された年月日や地点の情報があるものを対象に，市民（画像提供者）の同意を得たうえで「魚類写真資料データベース」に登録する．次に，登録した画像を魚類分類学・生物地理学・生態学・保全生物学の領域における研究に活用する．最後に，これらの同定結果や研究成果の普及教育を，博物館における展示，新聞・雑誌・テレビ番組などのマスメディアを通じてフィードバックする．これら3ステップを循環させることで，生物多様性データの蓄積と市民科学者の参加促進の加速が期待できる．本稿では，この概念モデルの概要を，関連する課題（例：科学への貢献を意図していなかった市民が主な対象である点）とともに解説し，生物多様性保全にデジタル市民科学を活用する価値について論じた．DOI： 10.11358/biogeo.27.9
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Non-native fishes recorded from inland waters of Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan
Naoto Obaru, Yukiya Ogata, Takumi Kurihara, Yusuke Saiki, Takashi Ihara, Shobu Ishimatsu, Tsuyoshi Saito, Hiroshi Senou and Atsunobu Murase
Nature and Environment in Miyazaki ( 9 ) 33 - 42 2024.12
Authorship：Last author, Corresponding author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Takumi Kurihara, Yukiya Ogata, Naoto Obaru, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 79 68 - 75 2024.12
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Biogeographical Society of Japan
A single specimen (42.0 mm standard length) of a cool-temperate rockfish species, Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880 (Sebastidae) was collected from Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan. Although its southernmost distribution on the Pacific coast of Japan has been known as the Hyuga Nada (east coasts of Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures), this record was based on species list without specific voucher, having been unclear in terms of sampling location and species identification. Therefore, the present specimen from Nobeoka City represents the first reliable record of the species from Miyazaki Prefecture. However, the occurrence from the city may be accidental because the present specimen is considered to be immature based on size and no specimens of the species have been recorded since 2015 in the marine ichthyofaunal surveys of the prefecture.
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First Japanese specimen record of the Blue-eyed Rock Crab, Percnon affine (Percnidae), from Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan Reviewed
Hironari Saito, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 79 64 - 67 2024.12
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Biogeographical Society of Japan
A single specimen (23.6 mm in carapace length, 21.6 mm in carapace width) of the Blue-eyed Rock Crab, Percnon affine (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Percnidae) was collected from a tide pool on the rocky shore of Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan. Previous distributional records of the species have been known from widespread areas in the Indo-Pacific, while its records have been limited to Taiwan and southward. The present specimen represents the first record of the species from Japanese waters, updating the distribution limit ca. 1500 km northeast. A new Japanese name was proposed based on its characteristics.
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Yukiya Ogata, Toshiki Kishi, Yumika Kishi and Atsunobu Murase
Biogeography 26 34 - 38 2024.9
Authorship：Last author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：日本生物地理学会
イソギンポ科タテガミカエルウオ属魚類の1種マーカスミノカエルウオCirripectes quagga (Fowler & Ball, 1924)の１個体（標準体長43.2 mm）が宮崎県北部に位置する門川湾内の岩礁域において採集された．この標本記録は，これまでの分布北限であった沖永良部島から約630 km北北西に記録を更新するものである．本研究では，門川湾産の本種の標本について詳細な形態記載を行った．
Other Link： https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/biogeo/26/0/26_34/_pdf/-char/ja
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Hironari Saito, Atsunobu Murase
Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 46 ( 0 ) 31 - 33 2024.7
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
Two specimens of the Sunrise Rockskipper, Alticus orientalis Tomiyama, 1955 (Blenniidae), collected at Marcus Island (Minamitori-shima island), the easternmost island of Japan were found from the oldest fish specimen collection in Japan at ZUMT (Department of Zoology, the University Museum, the University of Tokyo). Previous distributional records of the species have been known from Izu, Bonin and Volcano islands located ca. 200–1100 km south of central Japan. Thus, the present specimens represent the first record of the species from Marcus Island, updating the distribution limit ca. 1200 km eastward.
Other Link： https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ichthy/46/0/46_31/_pdf/-char/ja
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Yukiya Ogata and Atsunobu Murase
Nature and Environment in Miyazaki ( 8 ) 56 - 61 2023.12
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Preliminary study of the native freshwater fish fauna of Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan Reviewed
Yusuke Saiki, Yukiya Ogata Naoto Obaru, Takumi Kurihara, Hironari Saito, Takashi Ihara, Shobu Ishimatsu, Tsuyoshi Saito, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 78 67 - 77 2023.12
Authorship：Last author, Corresponding author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Biogeographical Society of Japan
A field survey of the freshwater ichthyofauna of Miyazaki Prefecture, eastern Kyushu, southern Japan during 2015–2023 revealed a picture of the present diversity of native freshwater fishes in the region. Sampling conducted at 16 sites (15 river systems and a rice field) recorded 15 species (7 families) of native freshwater fishes, the species richness being similar to those found in past comprehensive ichthyofaunal studies, although the cyprinid Carassius buergeri buergeri had not been recorded previously and the salmonid Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae was not recorded on this occasion. These departures from previous studies may be due to earlier non-recognition of the former and the unique habitat of the latter. Accordingly, the native freshwater fish diversity of Miyazaki Prefecture appears to be relatively stable, although neither the population status of each species has been considered (from abundance data), nor the impact of human disturbance, including the invasion of exotic species. Both aspects still require investigation for future local fish conservation and habitat management.
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Yukiya Ogata and Atsunobu Murase
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 80 e80 2023.10
Authorship：Last author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
Photographs of a single shark specimen (1040 mm in total length) caught in the Oyodo River estuary, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, by a recreational angler and uploaded to the social networking service Facebook, were identified as a juvenile specimen of the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas. The photographic record, now deposited in the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History collection, represents the northernmost record of this species in the western Pacific Ocean. Although C. leucas is known to utilize primarily tropical estuarine habitats as nursery grounds, a few reports exist regarding the utilization of subtropical and warm-temperate latitude estuaries, as in this case. From the perspectives of species conservation and shark-bite mitigation in warm-temperate latitudes, further information on C. leucas occurrence around its northern distribution limit is required.
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Yukiya Ogata and Atsunobu Murase
Biogeography 25 22 - 27 2023.9
Authorship：Last author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：日本生物地理学会
アカエイ科魚類ヒョウモンオトメエイHimantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2008が，宮崎県北部に位置する門川湾で底曳網により1個体漁獲された．本種はスエズ運河を介した人為的移入と推定される地中海からの記録があるものの，インド・太平洋域における自然分布の北限はこれまで沖縄島とされてきた．したがって，本研究の記載標本はそれを更新するものとなる．
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Atsunobu Murase, Fuga Shibuya, Shinjiro Nagatomo, Yukiya Ogata, Ryosei Ooe, Hiroyuki Motomura, Hiroshi Senou
Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 33 ( 0 ) 33 - 114 2023.6
Authorship：Lead author, Corresponding author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Kagoshima University Museum
Miyazaki Prefecture is located on the Pacific side of Kyushu, southern Japan, and is also biogeographically situated in the transitional zone between the temperate and subtropical zones. While previous studies have positioned the northern part of the prefecture as the warm-temperate zone and have revealed its ichthyofauna and biogeographic composition, with occurrence of tropical species accounting for almost half of the assemblage in terms of taxonomic richness, comprehensive ichthyofaunal information in the southern part of the prefecture has been unclear. The present study examined underwater photographs of fishes taken during recreational scuba diving at several sites (Miyazaki, Nichinan and Kushima cities) of southern Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan, from 2005 to 2012, to understand the overview of species composition and biogeographic characteristics of southern Miyazaki Prefecture. Examination of the underwater photographs confirmed the presence of 296 species (including three unidentified species) of fishes, of which three species (1.0 % in total number of identified species), 84 (28.7 %), and 206 (70.3 %) representing cool-temperate, warm-temperate, and tropical species, respectively. The fact that tropical species are almost 1.5 times higher than those in northern part of the prefecture in terms of species diversity supports the hypothesis that northern and southern coasts of the prefecture are biogeographically different, with the former located in the warm-temperate zone and the latter in the transitional zone between the warm-temperate and subtropical zones. Color photograph and a list of vouchers of each fish species recorded in this study were provided.
Other Link： https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/ichthy/INHFJ_2023_033_033.pdf
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Yukiya Ogata, Ryosei Ooe, Yuta Ichii, Atsunobu Murase
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology advpub ( 0 ) 2023.6
Authorship：Last author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：The Ichthyological Society of Japan
Four collected gobiid specimens (55.3–87.6 mm in standard length) and a single photographed and released individual, from the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan, were identified as the endemic Japanese species <i>Siphonogobius</i> nue Shibukawa and Iwata, 1998, characterized by a simple infraorbital canal extending below the eye, and the oculoscapular canal between pore’s A' and L' lacking other pores, except for pore D. The species has been recorded to date from the Pacific coast of Honshu, northeastern Japan (between Fukushima and Shizuoka prefectures), the present specimens representing the southernmost known record of the species. A detailed description and color photograph of the Kyushu specimens is provided.
DOI： 10.11369/jji.23-011
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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.
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First records of a rare snake eel, Leiuranus versicolor (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from Japan Reviewed
Yusuke Hibino, Yukiya Ogata, Shunsuke Endo, Masaaki Wada, Atsunobu Murase, Noritaka Mochioka
FishTaxa 4 ( 3 ) 145 - 149 2019.12
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
Leiuranus versicolor (Richardson, 1848) is recorded based on a specimen from Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan. It represents the first Japanese and northernmost record. Leiuranus versicolor is similar to L. semicinctus, its single congener. The former can be easily separated from the latter by its unique banded pattern, usually with a narrow whitish yellow slit (vs. slit absent). The species was also photographed from Kashiwajima, southern part of Kochi Prefecture, southern Japan.
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Kobayashi Y, Murase A, Wada M, Hata H, Miki R, Senou H
Biogeography 19 1 - 5 2019.9
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
A single specimen of the engraulid fish Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg, 1933) (49.3 mm in standard length), a tropical Indo-West Pacific species, was collected as bycatch in one of two commercial set nets in Kadogawa Bay, northern Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Extending the northern distribution limit of E. pseudoheteroloba by about 530 km north-northeastward of the previous northernmost specimen-based record (Amami-oshima island, Satsunan Islands), the specimen represents the first verifiable temperate zone record of the species and first from mainland Japan. The temperate zone record is discussed and a description of the specimen given.
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First Miyazaki record of Propherallodus briggsi (Gobiesocidae) from Kadogawa Bay, southern Japan
Ogata, Y., Y. Yamasaki, K. Fujiwara and A. Murase
46 17 - 20 2019.6
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
A single specimen of Japanese Butterfly Clingfish, Propherallodus briggsi (Gobiesocidae) (20.3 mm in standard length), was collected from Kaneiso (32º28'13''N, 131º 40'58''E), Kadogawa Bay, Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan on 7 April 2019. This specimen represents the first record from Miyazaki Prefecture.
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Records of two cool-temperate fish species, Ocynectes maschalis (Cottidae) and Neosynchiropus ijimae (Callionymidae), from coasts of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan Reviewed
Yukiya Ogata, Ryohei Miki, Yuta Yamasaki, Shinjiro Nagatomo, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 73 149 - 155 2018.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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The northernmost record of the fringelip blenny, Salarias sinuosus (Teleostei: Blenniidae), based on a specimen from Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyusyu, southern Japan Reviewed
Yuta Yamasaki, Ryohei Miki, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 73 177 - 180 2018.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Northernmost record of the Snubnose Grouper, Epinephelus macrospilos (Teleostei, Perciformes, Serranidae), from Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan Reviewed
Ryuya Sakamoto, Ryohei Miki, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 73 215 - 220 2018.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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The northernmost record of the fringelip blenny, Salarias sinuosus (Teleostei: Blenniidae), based on a specimen from Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyusyu, southern JapanVoucher-based record of a blenniid fish, Omobranchus fasciolatoceps (Teleostei: Omobranchini), from northern part of Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyusyu, southern Japan Reviewed
Yuya Kobayashi, Ryuya Sakamot, Ryohei Miki, Masaaki Wada, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 73 195 - 200 2018.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Murase A, Miki R, Wada M, Itou M, Motomura H, Senou H
ZooKeys 772 153 - 163 2018.7
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
The Potato Grouper, Epinephelus tukula, is relatively rare worldwide. Records from the northernmost part of its range (Japan) have been few, resulting in a “Critically Endangered” listing on the Red List for Japan. The Japanese records were revised by examining literature, new specimens, photographs, and the internet, and a continuous distribution pattern from the tropical Ryukyu Islands (including adult individuals) to temperate regions affected by the Kuroshio Current were delineated; this suggests the species inhabits tropical Japan and can spread to temperate regions via the warm current. The species possibly reproduces in Japanese waters but further reproductive ecology research is required.
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Miki R., Murase A., Wada M.
Check List 14 ( 1 ) 243 - 255 2018.2
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Check List
© 2018, Pensoft Publishers. All rights reserved. A checklist is presented of ponyfish species (Teleostei, Leiognathidae) from the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, eastern coast of Kyushu, in the warm temperate zone of Japan and in areas influenced by the warm Kuroshio Current. Fish collection surveys (autumn, October 2016 to winter, early 2017) recorded 9 species of the family, including 1 collected by previous authors. Records of 3 species, Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795), Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775), and Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepède, 1803), extended their distributional ranges northward by ca 150–500 km. These 3 species and 3 others are distributed mainly in the tropical zone, and, combined with previous records of leiognathid fishes along the coasts influenced by the Kuroshio Current in southern Japan, this study shows a continuous distribution pattern of these tropical species, suggesting that the east coast of Kyushu is also influenced by this warm current. Diagnostic features, color images, and voucher specimen data are provided for each species.
DOI： 10.15560/14.1.243
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The northernmost record of a tidal flat crab, Macrophthalmus convexus (Crustacea: Decapoda), based on a specimen from an estuary of Tanega-shima island, southern Japan Reviewed
Murase A, Koyama A
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 72 250 - 252 2018.1
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Record of a pipehorse, Solegnathus hardwickii (Actinopterygii, Syngnathiformes, Syngnathidae), based on a voucher specimen from northern part of Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan with notes on underwater photographs of an egg-bearing male of the species Reviewed
Miki R, Murase A, Wada M
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 72 286 - 291 2018.1
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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The northernmost record of the four-fingered lipsucker, Andamia tetradactyla (Actinoperygii, Blenniidae), based on a specimen from Aoshima, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan Reviewed
Ogata Y, Murase A, Miki R
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 72 258 - 261 2018.1
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Atsunobu Murase, Ryohei Miki, Hiroyuki Motomura
Zookeys 725 79 - 95 2017.12
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
Understanding the distributional patterns of individual animal groups with respect to coastal topology and the local physical environment provides essential foundational frameworks for marine zoogeography. In the northwestern Pacific waters of Japan, the distributional pattern of some cool-temperate species of marine fishes suggests the existence of a biogeographic boundary corresponding to a long sandy shore on the eastern coast of Kyushu, southern Japan. The existence of this hypothetical biogeographic boundary was tested by mapping the southern distributional limit of two species of cool-temperate intertidal gobies, Chaenogobius annularis and C. gulosus, which are endemic to East Asia and common in rock pools within their range in the Japanese Archipelago. Distribution and abundance were assessed by survey of museum collections from south-east Kyushu (i.e., the entire coasts of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures); and a quantitative survey of the abundance of these gobies in rock pools at various sites around the hypothesized boundary on the eastern coast of Kyushu, including the subtropical Tanega-shima Island. The museum collection survey showed different distribution patterns between the two species: C. annularis was distributed along the entire coasts of south-east Kyushu including subtropical islands, whereas C. gulosus was distributed along these coasts, including one site on a subtropical island, except for an area south of the hypothesized boundary on the eastern coast of Kyushu. The density and occurrence rates of C. annularis in rock pools decreased with latitude, it being absent from a subtropical island, and C. gulosus was not detected from sites south of the hypothesized boundary. The qualitative survey showed that the southernmost records of C. annularis and C. gulosus were the adjacent subtropical islands (Yaku-shima and Tanega-shima islands respectively), although the quantitative survey suggested that their normal range of distribution was limited to the southern part of the Kyushu mainland. A combination of qualitative and quantitative survey methods in the present study highlighted that the southernmost record of a certain species may not necessarily indicate the true limit of its distribution. The distribution of C. gulosus supports the existence of the hypothetical biogeographic boundary, and the different distribution patterns of the two species may be caused by differences in their early life histories.
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Ryohei Miki, Atsunobu Murase, Masaaki Wada
Biogeography 19 1 - 4 2017.9
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Ryohei Miki, Atsunobu Murase, Masaaki Wada
Biogeography 19 127 - 132 2017.9
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Ryohei Miki, Atsunobu Murase
Biogeography 19 5 - 9 2017.9
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI： 10.11358/biogeo.19.5
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Murase A., Miyazaki Y., Moteki M., Kohno H.
La mer 55 ( 1-2 ) 37 - 51 2017.8
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Mer
© 2017 Societe Franco-Japonaise d'Oceanographie. All rights reserved. We analysed datasets of fish assemblages for two timescales (decadal and annual composed of four periods: 1993-1994; 2004-2005; 2005-2006; 2006-2007) to estimate the temporal dynamics of assemblage structures and changes in estuarine use functional groups (EUFGs) along a modified shoreline. The datasets were obtained from monthly sampling using a light trap at a mooring berth site reinforced with a vertical hard structure in an estua rine canal in Tokyo, Japan. A comparison of the fish community parameters during the sampling periods showed significant decadal variation in some factors, but no significant variation across sequential annual timescales. Total species richness increased due to increased richness in fish in the marine EUFG category. The percent abundance of marine fish also significantly increased, whereas the abundance of estuarine fish (primarily Acanthogobius flavimanus predominated) decreased. Habitat degradation around the mooring berth site accompanying city planning might be responsible for the decline in estuarine fish species over several decades, whereas the increased species richness reflected a recent recovery in water quality in the Tokyo Bay. These results suggest that nowadays the study site functions as an ecological corridor between natural shore sites rather than as a true habitat for estuarine fish species.
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Record of a box fish, Tetrosomus gibbosus (Tetraodontiformes, Ostraciidae), based on a specimen from Kadogawa Bay, Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan Reviewed
Ryohei Miki, Atsunobu Murase, Masaaki Wada
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 71 63 - 67 2017.1
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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A voucher specimen based record of Tachysurus aurantiacus (Siluriformes, Bagridae) from Oyodo-gawa River system in the Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan Reviewed
Yusuke Miyazaki, Atsunobu Murase
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 71 265 - 270 2017.1
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Record of the giant mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata (Actinoperygii, Anguillidae), collected from Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan with notes on the habitat Reviewed
Yukiya Ogata, Atsunobu Murase, Hiroshi Senou
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 71 213 - 216 2017.1
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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The northernmost record of a cardinalfish species, Ostorhinchus fleurieu (Perciformes, Apogonidae), based on a specimen from Kadogawa Bay, Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan Reviewed
Atsunobu Murase, Masaaki Wada, Ryohei Miki, Yusuke Miyazaki
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 71 183 - 187 2017.1
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Range extension of an embiotocid surfperch, Ditrema temminckii temminckii (Teleostei: Perciformes), based on specimens from Kadogawa Bay, Pacific coast of Kyushu, southern Japan Reviewed
Atsunobu Murase, Ryohei Miki, Masaaki Wada
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 71 167 - 172 2017.1
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Atsunobu Murase, Ryutei Inu, Ryohei Miki, Yusuke Miyazaki
Zookeys 645 71 - 83 2017.1
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Yusuke Miyazaki, Atsunobu Murase, Ryosuke Sahara, Arturo Angulo, Hiroshi Senou
Ecological Research 32 ( 1 ) 89 - 93 2017.1
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Mating system and group spawning in the wrasse Pteragogus aurigarius in Tateyama, central Japan Reviewed
S. Shimizu, S. Endo, M. Sasaki, A. Murase, M. Masuko, M. Miyazawa, T. Sunobe
Coastal Ecosystems 3 38 - 49 2016.12
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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54 ( 1-2 ) 11 - 27 2016.8
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Murase A., Angulo A., Sahara R., Jiménez O.
Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 11 ( 4 ) 361 - 366 2016
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences
This note reports four specimens of the damselfish Stegastes flavilatus, captured in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, with an abnormal coloration pattern. We herein compare morphologically these specimens with "normal" specimens of S. flavilatus and other sympatric congener.
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Record of a hybrid of two gobiies, Mugilogobius abei and Mugilogobius sp. (Teleostei, Gobiidae), from an estuary of Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, the eastern coast of Kyushu, Japan Reviewed
Atsunobu Murase, Yusuke Miyazaki, Ryohei Miki, Takahiko Mukai
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 70 181 - 187 2015.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Records of the two chaenopsid blennies, Neoclinus okazakii and Neoclinus nudus from Miyazaki Prefecture, the eastern coast of Kyushu, southern Japan Reviewed
Ryohei Miki, Atsunobu Murase, Masaaki Wada, Yukio Iwatsuki
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 70 249 - 259 2015.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Okada T, Ishihara K, Murase A, Hino T
Biogeography 17 1 - 11 2015.9
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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The northernmost records of two Neoclinus blennies (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae) from the Sea of Japan Reviewed
Atsunobu Murase, Fumihito Tashiro, Satoshi Awata
Marine Biodiversity Records 8 e124 2015.8
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Atsunobu Murase
Check List: the journal of biodiversity data 11 ( 4 ) 1682 2015.6
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI： 10.15560/11.4.1682
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Arturo Angulo, Alex Molina-Arias, Atsunobu Murase, Yusuke Miyazaki, William Bussing, Myrna López
Check List: the journal of biodiversity data 11 ( 3 ) 1666 2015.5
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI： 10.15560/11.3.1666
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Miyazaki Y, Murase A, Senou H
Management of Biological Invasions 6 ( 1 ) 105 - 110 2015.3
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Yusuke Miyazaki, Atsunobu Murase, Masato Shiina, Ryuta Masui, Hiroshi Senou
Journal of Coastal Research 31 ( 4 ) 1035 - 1039 2015.1
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Effects of the construction of new runway on the fish assemblages inhabiting tidal flats around the Haneda Airport located at the mouth of Tama River in the inner part of Tokyo Bay Reviewed
Murase A, Kakubari C, Kase Y, Saito Y, Kohno H
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 69 57 - 75 2014.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Notes on the monthly change in composition of body sizes and life history in a stichaeid fish, Zoarchias glaber (Teleostei; Perciformes), at Kannonzaki, the eastern Miura Peninsula, Tokyo Bay Reviewed
Miyazaki Y, Murase A
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 69 213 - 216 2014.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Citizen participation in augmenting a museum database enhances fish monitoring and public awareness Invited
Miyazaki Y, Murase A, Senou H
水圏環境教育研究誌 7 ( 1 ) 22 - 26 2014.12
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Murase A, Angulo A, Miyazaki Y, Bussing WA, López MI
Check List: the journal of biodiversity data 10 ( 6 ) 1401 - 1413 2014.12
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI： 10.15560/10.6.1401
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Notes on the descriptions of a blenniid fish, Laiphognathus longispinis Murase, 2007, in two recent Japanese publications Reviewed
Murase A
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 61 ( 2 ) 129 - 130 2014.11
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Angulo A, López MI, Bussing WA, Murase A
Zootaxa 3861 ( 6 ) 554 - 574 2014.9
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Biological monitoring by citizens using Web-based photographic databases of fishes Reviewed
Miyazaki Y, Murase A, Shiina M, Naoe K, Nakashiro R, Honda J, Yamaide J, Senou H
Biodiversity and Conservation 23 ( 9 ) 2383 - 2391 2014.8
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Diet of the goby, Tridentiger obscurus (Teleostei: Gobiidae), inhabiting Takahama canal, the inner part of Tokyo Bay Reviewed
Murase A, Maeda H, Nemoto Y
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 68 93 - 98 2013.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Murase A
Ichthyological Research 60 ( 4 ) 312 - 326 2013.11
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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発展途上国の現地レポート―モンゴル・フィジー・コスタリカ編―
中川雅博, 岡谷佳澄, 村瀬敦宣
ボテジャコ ( 18 ) 21 - 34 2013.10
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (other academic)
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Northernmost record of a blenny Parenchelyurus hepburni (Snyder, 1908) (Perciformes: Blenniidae) from the Kii Peninsula, central Japan, with description of the female coloration Reviewed
Murase A, Nakashima K, Senou H
Biogeography 15 79 - 83 2013.8
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Aquatic marine environmental education utilizing the intertidal rocky shore on the world heritage site, Yaku-shima Island, southern Japan: Degree of environmental awareness in local children and benefits for them of the education program Reviewed
Murase A, Hayashida R, Miyazaki Y
Journal of Society of Clinical Education for Individual School Subjects 13 ( 1 ) 129 - 141 2013.4
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Record of an endangered gastropod, Cerithidea rhizophorarum, from estuarine habitat of Ogamo River, southern Izu Peninsula, central Japan Reviewed
Murase A, Yuhara T
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 67 261 - 264 2012.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Macrobenthic fauna in a tidal flat estuary of the Arida River, Wakayama Prefecture, central Japan: a report of the results of the civil procedure for researching benthos in 2010 and 2011
Murase A, Yuhara T, Kato K, Koga T
Bulletin of Kansai Organization for Nature Conservation 34 ( 1 ) 45 - 51 2012.6
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Murase A, Miyazaki Y, Senou H
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 59 ( 1 ) 11 - 20 2012.4
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Northernmost records of three blenniid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) from Yaku-shima Island, southern Japan, with their ecological notes Reviewed
Murase A, Harazaki S, Meguro M, Motomura H
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 66 61 - 73 2011.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Murase A, Sunobe T
Journal of Ethology 29 ( 3 ) 467 - 472 2011.9
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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A preliminary study of rockpool fish assemblage structure in Tateyama Bay, Boso Peninsula, Chiba, central Japan Reviewed
Murase A, Miyazaki Y, Okuyama G, Kaiga J, Tazaki Y, Sunobe T
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 65 141 - 149 2010.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Murase A, Aizawa M, Sunobe T
Species Diversity 15 ( 2 ) 57 - 70 2010.7
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Record of a blenniid fish, Cirrisalarias bunares (Teleostei: Perciformes), from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan Reviewed
Murase A, Uchino K, Morita Y, Senou H
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 64 47 - 55 2009.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Murase A, Meguro M, Motomura H
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 56 ( 2 ) 145 - 148 2009.11
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Notes on territory structure in the herbivorous, intertidal blenny Istiblennius enosimae (Pisces, Blenniidae) Reviewed
Murase A, Sunobe T
Biogeography 11 33 - 39 2009.8
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Fish fauna of Tokashiku Bay, Tokashiki Island, the Kerama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture
Watai M, Miyazaki Y, Murase A, Senou H
Bulletin of Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) ( 38 ) 119 - 132 2009.3
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (other academic)
Coastal fish fauna of Tokashiku Bay, Tokashiki Island, the Kerama Islands, the Ryukyu Islands was investigated on the basis of underwater photographs and specimens captured with a dip net, a hook and line, or a spear. As a result, 15 orders, 66 families, 411 species of fishes were recorded from Tokashiku Bay. Of these fishes, two species represent the northernmost record, one is an undescribed species. Those voucher specimens and photographs were mainly deposited in Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History. It is expected that the present study contributes for understanding of ichthyofauna of the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan.
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Murase A
Ichthyological Research 54 ( 3 ) 287 - 296 2007.8
Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)
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Gobiid fishes from Shioirino-ike, Hama-rikyu Garden and Takahama Canal, Tokyo Bay
Murase A, Nemoto Y, Maeda H
Natural History Report of Kanagawa ( 28 ) 75 - 83 2007.3
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (other academic)
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Record of the blenniid fish Istiblennius dussumieri (Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Blenniidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan with its fresh color description Reviewed
Murase A, Senou H
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 61 117 - 123 2006.12
Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)