First records of Fowlerichthys scriptissimus (Antennariidae) from Kyushu and the Uji Islands, Japan

Three specimens (224.6–278.0 mm standard length) of Fowlerichthys scriptissimus (Jordan, 1902) (Antennariidae) were collected from off Oita Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture (southwest coast of Satsuma Peninsula and the Uji Islands), southern Japan. In Japanese waters, F. scriptissimus has previously been recorded from the Izu Islands, the Pacific and Japan Sea coasts of southern Japan (except for Kyushu and adjacent waters), and Okinawa-jima island. Thus, the three specimens in this study represent the first records of F. scriptissimus from Kyushu (Oita and Kagoshima prefectures) and the Uji Islands.