Journey to the West: Trans-Pacific Historical Biogeography of Fringehead Blennies in the Genus (Teleostei: Blenniiformes).

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 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 ( and the monotypic ) using six genetic markers: four mitochondrial genes (, cytochrome , 12S and 16S), and two nuclear genes (RAG-1, TMO-4C4).

Fish rubbings, 'gyotaku', as a source of historical biodiversity data.

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).

Review of the Japanese records of an endangered grouper, , with comments on its population status (Teleostei, Serranidae).

The Potato Grouper, , 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.

Southern limits of distribution of the intertidal gobies and support the existence of a biogeographic boundary in southern Japan (Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae).

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, and , which are endemic to East Asia and common in rock pools within their range in the Japanese Archipelago.

Revising the distribution of a threatened goby, (Perciformes, Oxudercidae), in Japan with the discovery of an isolated population.

Five specimens of a threatened goby, (21.2-40.1 mm in standard length), were collected at a mudflat site of Kushima City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan over two seasons, autumn (September 2015) and spring (April 2016).

Records of chimaeroid fishes (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, with the description of a new species of Chimera (Chimaeridae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean.

A new species of Chimaera Linnaeus 1758 is described from three specimens collected from off the Pacific coasts of Costa Rica and Peru. Chimaera orientalis n. sp.