Records of Priacanthus blochii and P.fitchi from southern Japan(Perciformes: Priacanthidae).

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Two priacanthid fishes, <I>Priacanthus blochii</I> Bleeker and <I>P. fitchi</I> Starnes, collected by set net in ca. 50m depth off the Nichinan Coast, Meitsu, Nango-cho and Miyotoura, Kushima City, Miyazaki Pref. constitute the first record and the third record with exact locality from Japan, respectively. Four specimens (214-264 mm in standard length) of P blochii and one specimen (214 mm in standard length) of P. fitchi are herein described with new Japanese names, Akane-kintoki and Usubeni-kintoki, respectively. They represent the northernmost records of both species as well as including the largest sizes recorded for each. Morphological variation and some ecological aspects of both species are included.
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