First Specimen-based Japanese Records of the Barred Queenfish Scomberoides tala (Teleostei: Carangidae) from Miyazaki and Okinawa Prefectures, Southern Japan

Abstract

Two specimens of the carangid fish Scomberoides tala (Cuvier, 1832) (141.5–411.0 mm in standard length, 151.9– 433.0 mm in fork length), collected from northern Miyazaki Prefecture and the Yaeyama Islands, southern Japan, represent the first specimen-supported Japanese records and northernmost record of the species, previously recorded from the east coast of South Africa, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indo-Australian Archipelago, Australia, Gulf of Thailand, and South China Sea. In addition, the distribution of S. tala in Japanese waters was assessed on the basis of a previous photographic record, and the Japanese name for the species was discussed