Records of 43 fishes from Yonaguni-jima island, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Yonaguni-jima island (Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture) is the westernmost island of Japan, and 638 fish species have previously been recorded from the island. A field survey on Yonaguni-jima island collected a total of 37 fish species that was newly recorded from the island. In addition, four fish species, previously recorded based only on photographs, are recorded based on specimens, and two fish species, unidentified in previous reports, are re-identified in this study. These additional records bring the total number of fish species recorded from Yonaguni-jima island to 675.