First Japanese Records of Two Commensal Gobies, Lobulogobius omanensis and Pleurosicya annandalei (Teleostei: Gobiidae), Collected Using Remotely Operated Vehicle

• Published in: Species Diversity Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 155 - 163
• Main Authors: Hanahara, Nozomi, Higashiji, Takuo, Sugimoto, Haruka, Okamoto, Jo, Morota, Hiromi, Soeya, Reika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 17.07.2025; Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
• Subjects: deep-sea survey; DNA analysis; fish; invertebrate; Okinawa; Ryukyu

During a recent deep-sea survey around the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan, two species of commensal gobies, Lobulogobius omanensis Koumans, 1944 and Pleurosicya annandalei Hornell and Fowler, 1922, were observed using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) on or within marine i...