Ichthyofauna of the “Dolphin Waterway”, an outdoor biological exhibition channel of the Kagoshima City Aquarium located in the northwestern part of Kagoshima Bay, Japan

“Dolphin Waterway” is an outdoor biological exhibition channel of the Kagoshima City Aquarium, located at Honko Distinct of Kagoshima Port in the northwestern part of Kagoshima Bay, Japan. A series of large and small scale ichthyofaunal surveys in the area since 2004 confirmed 165 fish species in 70 families occurring at Dolphin Waterway by the end of March 2024. Of the 165 species, 10 species [viz., Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850; Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1829; Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852; Sebastes inermis Cuvier, 1829; Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède, 1801); Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831; Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830; Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854); Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775); Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831)] were recorded for the first time from Kagoshima Bay.