New records of nine gobiid species from Kikai-jima island, Amami Islands, Japan, with notes on morphological characteristics of the indetermined gobiid genus and species

Nine species of the family Gobiidae were newly recorded from Kikai-jima island, Amami Islands, Japan. Seven of the nine species, viz., Faviogobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854), Faviogobius sp. A sensu Momose (2024), Faviogobius sp. B sensu Momose (2024), Faviogobius sp. C sensu Momose (2024), Parkraemeria saltator Suzuki and Senou, 2013, Vanderhorstia sp. 2 sensu Akihito et al. (2013) and Gobiidae, indet. gen. and sp. 10 sensu Suzuki (2004), were based on specimens, the remaining two species, Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre,1935) and Lotilia klausewitzi Shibukawa, Suzuki and Senou, 2012, were based on underwater photographs. Detail morphological description of Gobiidae indet. gen. and sp. 10 sensu Suzuki (2004) was provided. These additional records bring the total number of fishes recorded from Kikai-jima island to 571.