First records of 62 fish species from the western and southern coasts of Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan

Sixty-two fish species were newly recorded on the basis of specimens and photographs from the western and southern coasts of Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Kyushu, Japan. Thus, the total number of recorded fish species from the area is now 1,391. Twelve species, Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832) (Muraenidae), Phoxocampus belcheri (Kaup, 1856) (Syngnathidae), Neosebastes multisquamus Motomura, 2004 (Neosebastidae), Fowleria isostigma (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (Apogonidae), Macolor macularis Fowler, 1931 (Lutjanidae), Bodianus izuensis Araga and Yoshino, 1975, Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Labridae), Parapercis pacifica Imamura and Yoshino, 2007 (Pinguipedidae), Trichonotus elegans Shimada and Yoshino, 1984 (Trichonotidae), Limnichthys fasciatus Waite, 1904 (Creediidae), Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845) (Balistidae), and Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 (Ostraciidae) represent the first records from Kyushu. Pervagor melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1853) (Monacanthidae) represents the first records from the Kagoshima mainland. Neosebastes mul-tisquamus and Scomberoides tala (Cuvier, 1832) represents the second specimen-based Japanese record of the species. Flavocaranx bajad (Fabricius, 1775) (Carangidae) represents the third specimen-based Japanese record of each species.