@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00011693, author = {Motomura, Hiroyuki and 本村, 浩之 and Yamashita, Masahiro and 山下, 眞弘 and Itou, Masahide and 伊東, 正英 and Haraguchi, Yuriko and 原口, 百合子 and Iwatsuki, Yukio and 岩槻, 幸雄}, issue = {1}, journal = {Species diversity}, month = {}, note = {Upeneus guttatus (Day, 1868) (Perciformes: Mullidae) is recorded from Japan for the rst time on the basis of 21 specimens (57.8–139.5 mm standard length) collected from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. ese specimens also represent the rst records of U. guttatus from East Asia and the northernmost records in the western Paci c Ocean; this species has not previously been recorded north of the Philippines. e Japanese specimens of U. guttatus, described herein in detail, and 14 specimens from the Indo–West Paci c are compared with 33 specimens of U. japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782).}, pages = {7--14}, title = {First Records of the Two-tone Goatfish, Upeneus guttatus, from Japan, and Comparisons with U. japonicus (Perciformes: Mullidae)}, volume = {17}, year = {2012} }