List of works - Hiroyuki Motomura

Review of Polydactylus species (Perciformes: Polynemidae) characterized by a large black anterior lateral line spot, with descriptions of two new species

article published in 2001

Description of a New Genus and Two New Species of Indo-Pacific Clingfishes (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) with Redescription and Reassignment of Two Species Previously Assigned to Lepadichthys Waite, 1904

journal article from 'Ichthyology & Herpetology' published in 2021

Enneapterygius phoenicosoma, a New Species of Triplefin (Tripterygiidae) from the Western Pacific Ocean

Kopua minima (Döderlein 1887), a senior synonym of K. japonica Moore, Hutchins and Okamoto 2012, and description of a new species of Aspasma (Gobiesocidae)

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

Stolephorus insignus, a new anchovy from the western Pacific, and redescription of Stolephorus apiensis (Jordan and Seale 1906) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)

scientific article published on 12 December 2018

Abudefduf nigrimargo, a new species of damselfish (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) from Taiwan

scientific article published on 7 May 2018

Stolephorus babarani , a new species of anchovy (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from Panay Island, central Philippines

scientific article published on 8 January 2020

A new genus, Leptomelanosoma , for the polynemid fish previously known as Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804) and a redescription of the species

Validity of Scorpaena jacksoniensis and a redescription of S. cardinalis, a senior synonym of S. cookii (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae)

Plectranthias maekawa, a new species of perchlet from the Tokara Islands, Kagoshima, Japan, with a review of Japanese records of P. wheeleri (Serranidae: Anthiadinae)

scientific article published on 29 November 2018

Redescription of Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker 1852), a senior synonym of four nominal species, with a note on the distribution of Dagetichthys marginatus (Boulenger 1900) (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae)

scientific article

Distributional Range Extension of the Shallow Water Scorpionfish Parascorpaena poseidon (Perciformes: Scorpaenidae), with a Revised Diagnosis of the Species

scholarly article published on 4 April 2024

Review of the Scorpaena papillosa species complex (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) with description of a new species from southwestern Australia

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

A new generic name for the “Lepadichthys” lineatus complex with a rediagnosis of Discotrema, a senior synonym of Unguitrema, and comments on their phylogenetic relationships (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae)

scientific article published in 2024

Yellow-lined Cardinalfish Ostorhinchus chrysotaenia (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Yaku Island, Osumi Islands; First Specimen-based Japanese Records, with an Assessment of the Holotype of the Species

scientific article published on 25 September 2019

First Records of the Two-tone Goatfish, Upeneus guttatus, from Japan, and Comparisons with U. japonicus (Perciformes: Mullidae)

article published in 2012

Description of a New Species of Threadfin (Teleostei: Perciformes: Polynemidae), Polydactylus longipes, from Mindanao Island, Philippines

scientific article published in December 2001

Cryptic genetic divergence in Scolopsis taenioptera (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) in the western Pacific Ocean

scientific article published on 07 August 2017

Review of the Ostichthys japonicus complex (Beryciformes: Holocentridae: Myripristinae) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

First Confirmed Japanese Record of Suttonia lineata (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Iwo Island, Volcano Islands

scientific article published on 25 November 2018

Fine‐scale phylogeography of coastal fishes in the South China Sea: Possible roles of biological traits and geography

scientific article published on 15 October 2021

Stolephorus acinaces, a new anchovy from northern Borneo, and redescription of Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, 1966 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)

Gymnapogon sagittarius, a new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the South China Sea and Andaman Sea

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Scopelarchoides kreffti (Actinopterygii: Aulopiformes: Scopelarchidae) from off Tasmania, Australia : First Records from Outside the South Atlantic Ocean

scientific article published in 2007

First Japanese Record of the Barred Perchlet Plectranthias fourmanoiri (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Ryukyu Islands

Distributional Range Extension of Xeniamia atrithorax (Perciformes: Apogonidae) in the northern South China Sea

scientific article published on 25 November 2018

First Northern Hemisphere Record of a Poorly Known Armored Searobin Peristedion richardsi (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Peristediidae) from Taiwan

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Records of the Barracuda Sphyraena qenie from Japan, with Notes on the Taxonomic Status of Sphyraena nigripinnis (Teleostei: Sphyraenidae)

scientific article published in May 2019

First Specimen-based Records of Redfin Emperor Monotaxis heterodon (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) from Japan, with New Diagnostic Characters Applicable to Identification of Preserved Specimens

scientific article published on 10 March 2022

Two new species of the genus Encrasicholina (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae): E. intermedia from the western Indian Ocean and E. gloria from the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2016

Epigonus merleni, a Junior Synonym of Epigonus macrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Epigonidae)

scientific article published in 2012

First records of the sole, Aseraggodes kobensis (Steindachner, 1896) (Pleuronectiformes, Soleidae), from Malaysia

Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock 1896), a senior synonym of Scorpaena gibbifrons Fowler 1938, N. rotunda Chen 1981, and N. bathyperimensis Zajonz & Klausewitz 2002

scientific article (publication date: 29 September 2015)

First Specimen-based Record of Ammolabrus dicrus (Perciformes: Labridae) from Japanese Waters, with Notes on Morphological Ontogenetic Changes and Geographic Variation

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Review of Indo-Pacific species of the scorpionfish genus Scorpaena (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with descriptions of two new species from the west coast of Australia

scientific article published on 10 August 2021

First Japanese Record of the Speckled Grouper Epinephelus magniscuttis (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Osumi Islands

scientific article published on 25 November 2018

Description of three new species previously identified as Stolephorus bengalensis (Dutt & Babu Rao, 1959) or Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 and a re-description of S. bengalensis (Chordata, Osteichthyes, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae)

scientific article published in 2022

List of Japan's All Fish Species

publication (2020)

First Confirmed Record of the Samoan Pipefish Halicampus mataafae (Perciformes: Syngnathidae) from Japan

Occurrence and Additional Specimens of a Scorpionfish, Idiastion pacificum (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), from the Central North Pacific

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Plectranthias ryukyuensis, a new species of perchlet from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with a key to the Japanese species of Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiadinae)

scientific article published on 10 January 2020

Polydactylus bifurcus , a new species of threadfin from Lombok Island, Indonesia (Perciformes: Polynemidae)

scholarly article by Hiroyuki Motomura et al published 24 August 2001 in Ichthyological Research

First record of a carangid fish, Trachinotus mookalee, from Japan (Perciformes: Carangidae)

scientific article published in 2000

Description of Stolephorus horizon n. sp. from Fiji and Tonga, and redescription of Stolephorus scitulus (Fowler, 1911) (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)

scientific article published on 4 July 2023

Distributional Range Extension and Live Coloration of the Indo-Pacific Deepwater Cardinalfish Ostorhinchus cheni (Perciformes: Apogonidae)

Distribution Range Extensions of Parapercis bicoloripes and P. diplospilus (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) in the South China Sea and the Adjacent Waters, with Notes on Ontogenetic Changes in P. bicoloripes

A new species of scorpionfish, Ebosia saya (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from the western Indian Ocean and notes on fresh coloration of Ebosia falcata

First Records of the Pughead-pipefish Bulbonaricus davaoensis (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from Japan

scientific article published on 7 August 2020

New species of the anthiadin genus Sacura (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

List of works by Hiroyuki Motomura

Review of Polydactylus species (Perciformes: Polynemidae) characterized by a large black anterior lateral line spot, with descriptions of two new species

Description of a New Genus and Two New Species of Indo-Pacific Clingfishes (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) with Redescription and Reassignment of Two Species Previously Assigned to Lepadichthys Waite, 1904

Enneapterygius phoenicosoma, a New Species of Triplefin (Tripterygiidae) from the Western Pacific Ocean

Kopua minima (Döderlein 1887), a senior synonym of K. japonica Moore, Hutchins and Okamoto 2012, and description of a new species of Aspasma (Gobiesocidae)

Stolephorus insignus, a new anchovy from the western Pacific, and redescription of Stolephorus apiensis (Jordan and Seale 1906) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)

Abudefduf nigrimargo, a new species of damselfish (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) from Taiwan

Stolephorus babarani , a new species of anchovy (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from Panay Island, central Philippines

A new genus, Leptomelanosoma , for the polynemid fish previously known as Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804) and a redescription of the species

Validity of Scorpaena jacksoniensis and a redescription of S. cardinalis, a senior synonym of S. cookii (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae)

Plectranthias maekawa, a new species of perchlet from the Tokara Islands, Kagoshima, Japan, with a review of Japanese records of P. wheeleri (Serranidae: Anthiadinae)

Redescription of Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker 1852), a senior synonym of four nominal species, with a note on the distribution of Dagetichthys marginatus (Boulenger 1900) (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae)

Distributional Range Extension of the Shallow Water Scorpionfish Parascorpaena poseidon (Perciformes: Scorpaenidae), with a Revised Diagnosis of the Species

Review of the Scorpaena papillosa species complex (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) with description of a new species from southwestern Australia

A new generic name for the “Lepadichthys” lineatus complex with a rediagnosis of Discotrema, a senior synonym of Unguitrema, and comments on their phylogenetic relationships (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae)

Yellow-lined Cardinalfish Ostorhinchus chrysotaenia (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Yaku Island, Osumi Islands; First Specimen-based Japanese Records, with an Assessment of the Holotype of the Species

First Records of the Two-tone Goatfish, Upeneus guttatus, from Japan, and Comparisons with U. japonicus (Perciformes: Mullidae)

Description of a New Species of Threadfin (Teleostei: Perciformes: Polynemidae), Polydactylus longipes, from Mindanao Island, Philippines

Cryptic genetic divergence in Scolopsis taenioptera (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) in the western Pacific Ocean

Review of the Ostichthys japonicus complex (Beryciformes: Holocentridae: Myripristinae) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species

First Confirmed Japanese Record of Suttonia lineata (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Iwo Island, Volcano Islands

Fine‐scale phylogeography of coastal fishes in the South China Sea: Possible roles of biological traits and geography

Stolephorus acinaces, a new anchovy from northern Borneo, and redescription of Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, 1966 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)

Gymnapogon sagittarius, a new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the South China Sea and Andaman Sea

Scopelarchoides kreffti (Actinopterygii: Aulopiformes: Scopelarchidae) from off Tasmania, Australia : First Records from Outside the South Atlantic Ocean

First Japanese Record of the Barred Perchlet Plectranthias fourmanoiri (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Ryukyu Islands

Distributional Range Extension of Xeniamia atrithorax (Perciformes: Apogonidae) in the northern South China Sea

First Northern Hemisphere Record of a Poorly Known Armored Searobin Peristedion richardsi (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Peristediidae) from Taiwan

Records of the Barracuda Sphyraena qenie from Japan, with Notes on the Taxonomic Status of Sphyraena nigripinnis (Teleostei: Sphyraenidae)

First Specimen-based Records of Redfin Emperor Monotaxis heterodon (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) from Japan, with New Diagnostic Characters Applicable to Identification of Preserved Specimens

Two new species of the genus Encrasicholina (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae): E. intermedia from the western Indian Ocean and E. gloria from the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Mediterranean

Epigonus merleni, a Junior Synonym of Epigonus macrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Epigonidae)

First records of the sole, Aseraggodes kobensis (Steindachner, 1896) (Pleuronectiformes, Soleidae), from Malaysia

Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock 1896), a senior synonym of Scorpaena gibbifrons Fowler 1938, N. rotunda Chen 1981, and N. bathyperimensis Zajonz & Klausewitz 2002

First Specimen-based Record of Ammolabrus dicrus (Perciformes: Labridae) from Japanese Waters, with Notes on Morphological Ontogenetic Changes and Geographic Variation

Review of Indo-Pacific species of the scorpionfish genus Scorpaena (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with descriptions of two new species from the west coast of Australia

First Japanese Record of the Speckled Grouper Epinephelus magniscuttis (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Osumi Islands

﻿Description of three new species previously identified as Stolephorus bengalensis (Dutt & Babu Rao, 1959) or Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 and a re-description of S. bengalensis (Chordata, Osteichthyes, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae)

List of Japan's All Fish Species

First Confirmed Record of the Samoan Pipefish Halicampus mataafae (Perciformes: Syngnathidae) from Japan

Occurrence and Additional Specimens of a Scorpionfish, Idiastion pacificum (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), from the Central North Pacific

Plectranthias ryukyuensis, a new species of perchlet from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with a key to the Japanese species of Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiadinae)

Polydactylus bifurcus , a new species of threadfin from Lombok Island, Indonesia (Perciformes: Polynemidae)

First record of a carangid fish, Trachinotus mookalee, from Japan (Perciformes: Carangidae)

Description of Stolephorus horizon n. sp. from Fiji and Tonga, and redescription of Stolephorus scitulus (Fowler, 1911) (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)

Distributional Range Extension and Live Coloration of the Indo-Pacific Deepwater Cardinalfish Ostorhinchus cheni (Perciformes: Apogonidae)

Distribution Range Extensions of Parapercis bicoloripes and P. diplospilus (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) in the South China Sea and the Adjacent Waters, with Notes on Ontogenetic Changes in P. bicoloripes

A new species of scorpionfish, Ebosia saya (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from the western Indian Ocean and notes on fresh coloration of Ebosia falcata

First Records of the Pughead-pipefish Bulbonaricus davaoensis (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from Japan

New species of the anthiadin genus Sacura (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea

Apogon soloriens, a new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the Bonin Islands, Japan

Description of three new species previously identified as Stolephorus bengalensis (Dutt & Babu Rao, 1959) or Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 and a re-description of S. bengalensis (Chordata, Osteichthyes, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae)