Second Japanese record of Equulites oblongus (Acanthuriformes: Leiognathidae) from Minami-satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan

A single specimen of the Oblong Ponyfish Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835), distributed in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Japan, was collected from the coast of Minami-satsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. In Japanese waters, the species has previously been recorded only from Tanega-shima island, Kagoshima. Therefore, the present specimen from Minami-satsuma represents the second record of the species from Japanese waters.