Publications by Hiro Motomura
1997-2013
1. Motomura, H. and Y. Iwatsuki. 1997 (Dec.). A preliminary report of scorpaenid,
synanceiid, tetrarogid and aploactinid fishes in Miyazaki waters, southern
Japan. Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, 44
(1/2): 127-138.
2. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, T. Yoshino, S. Kimura and O. Inamura. 1998
(Nov.). A record of a carangid fish, Scomberoides commersonnianus, from
Japan (Perciformes: Carangidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 45 (2):
101-105. (in Japanese, English abstract)
3. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, T. Yoshino and S. Kimura. 1999 (May). A record
of a polynemid fish, Polydactylus sextarius, from southern Japan (Perciformes:
Polynemidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 46 (1): 57-61. (in Japanese,
English abstract)
4. Motomura, H., and Y. Iwatsuki. 2000 (Jan.). Two records of scorpaenid
fishes from the Hyuga Nada, southern Japan. I.O.P. Diving News, 11 (1):
2-4. (in Japanese, English abstract)
5. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 2000 (Nov.). Redescription
of Polydactylus macrochir (Günther, 1867), a senior synonym of P. sheridani
(Macleay, 1884) (Perciformes: Polynemidae). Ichthyological Research, 47
(4): 327-333.
6. Iwatsuki, Y., H. Motomura, S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 2000 (Nov.). A
holocentrid fish, Myripristis robusta from Japan (Beryciformes: Holocentridae).
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 47 (2): 131-134. (in Japanese, English
abstract)
7. Iwatsuki, Y., H. Motomura, M. Toda, T. Yoshino and S. Kimura. 2000 (Nov.).
First record of a carangid fish, Trachinotus mookalee, from Japan (Perciformes:
Carangidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 47 (2): 135-138. (in Japanese,
English abstract)
8. Motomura, H. 2000 (Nov.). Museums of the world. Japanese Journal of
Ichthyology, 47 (2): 148-150. (in Japanese)
9. Motomura, H., U. Satapoomin and Y. Iwatsuki. 2000 (Dec.). A new record
of the threadfin, Filimanus perplexa Feltes, 1991, (Perciformes: Polynemidae)
from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research
Bulletin, 63: 17-20.
10. Iwatsuki, Y., M. I. Djawad, A. I. Burhanuddin, H. Motomura and K. Hidaka.
2000 (Dec.). A preliminary list of the epipelagic and inshore fishes of
Makassar (=Ujung Pandang), south Sulawesi, Indonesia, collected mainly
from fish markets between 23-27 January 2000, with notes on fishery catch
characteristics. Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University,
47 (1/2): 95-114.
11. Motomura, H., A. I. Burhanuddin and Y. Iwatsuki. 2000 (Dec.). Distributional
implications of a poorly known polynemid fish, Polydactylus sexfilis (Pisces:
Perciformes), in Japan. Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki
University, 47 (1/2): 115-120.
12. Motomura, H., K. Hidaka, and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Feb.). A cardinalfish,
Archamia dispilus, from Miyazaki waters, southern Japan (Perciformes: Apogonidae).
I. O. P. Diving News, 12 (2): 5-7. (in Japanese, English abstract)
13. Motomura, H., K. Ueyama and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Feb.). Records of two
scorpaenid fishes from Miyazaki waters, southern Japan. I. O. P. Diving
News, 12 (3): 5-7. (in Japanese, English abstract)
14. Motomura, H. and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Mar.). A new genus, Leptomelanosoma,
for the polynemid fish previously known as Polydactylus indicus (Shaw,
1804) and a redescription of the species. Ichthyological Research, 48 (1):
13-21.
15. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki and S. Kimura. 2001 (Mar.). Redescription
of Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831),
a senior synonym of P. kuru (Bleeker, 1853) with designation of a lectotype
(Perciformes: Polynemidae). Ichthyological Research, 48 (1): 83-89.
16. Motomura, H., M. Okamoto, H. Ida and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Apr.). A rare
threadfin (Perciformes: Polynemidae), Filimanus hexanema, from Indonesia.
I. O. P. Diving News, 12 (4): 5-7. (in Japanese, English abstract)
17. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki and T. Yoshino. 2001 (May). A new species,
Polydactylus siamensis, from Thailand and redescription of P. plebeius
(Broussonet, 1782) with designation of a neotype (Perciformes: Polynemidae).
Ichthyological Research, 48 (2): 117-126.
18. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki and S. Kimura. 2001 (May). A poorly known
polynemid fish, Polynemus astrolabi Sauvage, 1881, a junior synonym of
Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch, 1795). Ichthyological Research, 48 (2):
197-202.
19. Motomura, H., B. V. Seshagiri Rao, B. Ratnamala and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001
(May). Polydactylus konadaensis Mishra and Krishnan, 1993, a junior synonym
of Filimanus xanthonema (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831)
(Perciformes: Polynemidae). Ichthyological Research, 48 (2): 203-206.
20. Motomura, H., H. Senou and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (May). A record of a threadfin,
Eleutheronema tetradactylum, from Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, and
description of a newly-recognized diagnostic character for the species
(Perciformes: Polynemidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 48 (1): 41-47.
(in Japanese, English abstract)
21. Motomura, H., M. J. P. van Oijen, I. J. H. Isbrücker and Y. Iwatsuki.
2001 (Aug.). Redescription of a rare threadfin (Perciformes: Polynemidae),
Polydactylus macrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858), with designation of a lectotype
and notes on distributional implications. Ichthyological Research, 48 (3):
289-294.
22. Motomura, H., S. Kimura and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Aug.). Polydactylus
bifurcus, a new species of threadfin from Lombok Island, Indonesia (Perciformes:
Polynemidae). Ichthyological Research, 48 (3): 299-305.
23. Motomura, H., A. I. Burhanuddin, S. Kimura and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Aug.).
Fresh color notes for Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 from the west
coast of India (Perciformes: Priacanthidae). Biogeography, 3: 77-81.
24. Motomura, H., S. Kimura and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Aug.). Distributional
range extension of a clupeid fish, Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829),
in southern Japan (Teleostei: Clupeiformes). Biogeography, 3: 83-87.
25. Motomura, H., E. Mikschi and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Sept.). Galeoides Günther,
1860, a monotypic genus of the family Polynemidae (Perciformes). Cybium,
25 (3): 269-272.
26. Motomura, H. and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Nov.). Review of Polydactylus species
(Perciformes: Polynemidae) characterized by a large black anterior lateral
line spot, with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyological Research,
48 (4): 337-354.
27. Motomura, H. 2001 (Nov.). Invalid neotype designation by Fricke (1999).
Ichthyological Research, 48 (4): 435-437.
28. Motomura, H., M. Okamoto and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001 (Dec.). Description
of a new species of threadfin (Teleostei: Perciformes: Polynemidae), Polydactylus
longipes, from Mindanao Island, Philippines. Copeia, 2001 (4): 1087-1092.
29. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 2002 (Feb.). Revision
of the Indo-West Pacific polynemid fish genus Eleutheronema (Teleostei:
Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 49 (1): 47-61.
30. Motomura, H. and H. Senou. 2002 (Mar.). Record of Polydactylus sexfilis
(Perciformes: Polynemidae) from Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, Japan with comments
on morphological changes with growth and speciation of related species.
Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Sciences), (31): 27-31.
31. Motomura, H. and M. H. Sabaj. 2002 (May). A new subspecies, Polynemus
melanochir dulcis, from Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia, and redescription of
P. m. melanochir Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831 with designation
of a neotype. Ichthyological Research, 49 (2): 181-190.
32. Motomura, H., J. W. Johnson and Y. Iwatsuki. 2002 (Sept.). A taxonomic
assessment and redescription of Polydactylus multiradiatus (Günther, 1860),
with a synopsis of other Australian species in the genus (Perciformes:
Polynemidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 50 (3): 267-279.
33. Motomura, H. 2002 (Sept.). Revision of the Indo-Pacific threadfin genus
Polydactylus (Perciformes: Polynemidae) with a key to the species. Bulletin
of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology), 28 (3): 171-194.
34. Motomura, H. 2002 (Oct.). First record of a scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae),
Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi, from New Caledonia. Cybium, 26 (3): 237-238.
35. Motomura, H., S. O. Kullander, T. Yoshino and Y. Iwatsuki. 2002 (Nov.).
Review of seven-spined Polynemus species (Perciformes: Polynemidae) with
designation of a neotype for P. paradiseus Linnaeus, 1758. Ichthyological
Research, 49 (4): 307-317.
36. Motomura, H., S. Kimura and Y. Iwatsuki. 2002 (Nov.). Revision of the
threadfin genus Polydactylus (Perciformes: Polynemidae) from the eastern
Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research, 49 (4): 358-366.
37. Motomura, H., T. Sado and S. Kimura. 2002 (Nov.). Feeding behavior
of Polydactylus plebeius (Perciformes: Polynemidae) in an aquarium. Japanese
Journal of Ichthyology (New Information), 49 (2): 156-157. (in Japanese)
38. Motomura, H., S. Tsukawaki and T. Kamiya. 2002 (Dec.). A preliminary
survey of the fishes of Lake Tonle Sap near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Bulletin
of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology), 28 (4): 233-246.
39. Motomura, H. 2003 (May). A new species of freshwater threadfin, Polynemus
aquilonaris, from Indochina, and redescription of P. dubius Bleeker, 1853
(Perciformes: Polynemidae). Ichthyological Research, 50 (2): 154-163.
40. Motomura, H. 2003 (Aug.). An East Asian endemic threadfin, Eleutheronema
rhadinum (Perciformes: Polynemidae); first record from Vietnam. Biogeography,
5: 33-37.
41. Motomura, H. and M. J. P. van Oijen. 2003 (Dec.). Polynemus kapuasensis,
a new threadfin (Perciformes: Polynemidae) from western Kalimantan, Indonesia,
and a redescription of P. multifilis Temminck & Schlegel, 1843. Zoologische
Mededelingen, Leiden, 77 (22): 393-407.
42. Motomura, H. 2004 (Jan.). Morphological comparison of a poorly known
scorpionfish, Parapterois macrura, with a related species, P. heterura
(Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae). Zoological Studies, 43 (1): 1-7.
43. Motomura, H. 2004 (Feb.). Family Polynemidae Rafinesque 1815 – threadfins.
Annotated checklists of fishes No. 32. California Academy of Sciences,
San Francisco. 18 pp.
44. Motomura, H. 2004 (May). Occurrence of Scorpaenopsis venosa (Scorpaenidae)
on the Saya de Malha Bank, Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Research, 51 (2):
188–189.
45. Motomura, H. 2004 (Aug.). Scorpaenopsis insperatus, a new species of
scorpionfish from Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia (Scorpaeniformes:
Scorpaenidae). Copeia, 2004 (3): 546-550.
46. Motomura, H. 2004 (Aug.). A Summary of the history and current status
of the fish collection at the Australian Museum, with examples of collection
management procedures. Taxa (Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic
Zoology), 17: 16-26. (in Japanese, English abstract)
47. Motomura, H. 2004 (Aug.). A declaration of amendment of Article 74.7.3
by ICZN. Taxa (Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology),
17: 39-40. (in Japanese)
48. Motomura, H. 2004 (Nov.). Threadfins of the world (family Polynemidae).
An annotated and illustrated catalogue of polynemid species known to date.
FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 3. Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome. vii + 117 pp., 151 figs.,
6 pls.
49. Motomura, H., S. Kimura and Y. Iwatsuki. 2004 (Nov.). The largest size
record of a rare threadfin, Polydactylus bifurcus, from Lombok Island,
Indonesia, with comments on relationships between the largest recorded
size and body coloration in the Indo-Pacific species of Polydactylus (Perciformes:
Polynemidae). I. O. P. Diving News, 15 (12): 2-7. (in Japanese, English
abstract)
50. Motomura, H., T. Yoshino and N. Takamura. 2004 (Nov.). Review of the
scorpionfish genus Scorpaenopsis (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) in Japanese
waters with three new records and an assessment of standard Japanese names.
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (2): 89-115. (in Japanese, English
abstract)
51. Motomura, H. 2004 (Nov.). Book review of [Fishes of Japan: mysterious
evolution revealed by genealogy]. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (2):
181-182. (in Japanese)
52. Motomura, H. 2004 (Nov.). Renovation and temporary relocation of the
California Academy of Sciences from Golden Gate Park and the current status
of the Ichthyology Department. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (2):
189-190. (in Japanese)
53. Motomura, H. 2004 (Dec.). New species of scorpionfish, Scorpaena cocosensis
(Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the Cocos Islands, Costa Rica, eastern
Pacific Ocean. Copeia, 2004 (4): 818-824.
54. Motomura, H. 2004 (Dec.). Revision of the scorpionfish genus Neosebastes
(Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae), with descriptions of five new species.
Indo-Pacific Fishes, 37: 1-76, 29 figs., 2 pls.
55. Motomura, H., R. Fricke and W. N. Eschmeyer. 2005 (Apr.). Redescription
of a poorly known scorpionfish, Scorpaena canariensis (Sauvage), and a
first record of Pontinus leda Eschmeyer from the Northern Hemisphere (Scorpaeniformes:
Scorpaenidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie),
No. 674: 1-15.
56. Motomura, H. and H. Senou. 2005 (Apr.). Validity of the scorpionfish
genus Hipposcorpaena Fowler and a redescription of H. filamentosa Fowler
(Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Zoological Studies, 44 (2): 210-218.
57. Motomura, H., C. D. Paulin and A. L. Stewart. 2005 (June). First records
of Scorpaena onaria (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the southwestern
Pacific Ocean, and comparisons with the Northern Hemisphere population.
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 39 (4): 865-880.
58. Last, P. R., G. K. Yearsley and H. Motomura. 2005 (Aug.). Lioscorpius
trifasciatus, a new scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Setarchidae) from the
South-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, 1038: 11-22.
59. Motomura, H., P. R. Last and W. T. White. 2005 (Aug.). First records
of a scorpionfish, Maxillicosta raoulensis (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae),
from the Tasman Sea, with fresh colour notes for the species. Biogeography,
7: 85-90.
60. Motomura, H., P. R. Last and G. K. Yearsley. 2005 (Aug.). Scorpaena
bulacephala, a new species of scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae)
from the northern Tasman Sea. Zootaxa, 1043: 17-32.
61. Motomura, H., S. Harazaki and G. S. Hardy. 2005 (Aug.). A new species
of triplefin (Perciformes: Tripterygiidae), Enneapterygius senoui, from
Japan with discussion of their in situ colour pattern. Aqua, Journal of
Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 10 (1): 5-14.
62. Motomura, H. and G. Shinohara. 2005 (Sept.). Assessment of taxonomic
characters of Scorpaenopsis obtusa and S. gibbosa (Scorpaenidae), with
first records of S. obtusa from Japan and Australia and comments on the
synonymy of S. gibbosa. Cybium, 29 (3): 295-301.
63. Motomura, H. and T. Mukai. 2006 (Mar.). Tonlesapia tsukawakii, a new
genus and species of freshwater dragonet (Perciformes: Callionymidae) from
Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 17
(1): 43-52.
64. Motomura, H. 2006 (May). Book review of [Morphological Diversity of
Fishes]. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 53 (1): 103-105. (in Japanese)
65. Motomura, H., S. Harazaki and H. Senou. 2006 (May). Assessment of standard
Japanese names of two triplefins, Helcogramma inclinata and H. nesion (Tripterygiidae),
with the northernmost record and newly-recognized diagnostic characters
of H. inclinata. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 53 (1): 106-109. (in
Japanese)
66. Tsukawaki, S., Y. Araki, T. Ishikawa, H. Motomura, T. Mukai, H. Oyagi,
K. Sakai. 2006 (June). Evaluation of the present atmospheric environment
in Cambodia from a standpoint of conservation of the biodiversity in Lake
Tonle Sap. Journal of Aerosol Research, 21 (2): 114-121.
67. Motomura, H. and S. Tsukawaki. 2006 (Aug.). New species of the threadfin
genus Polynemus (Teleostei: Polynemidae) from the Mekong River basin, Vietnam,
with comments on the Mekong species of Polynemus. The Raffles Bulletin
of Zoology, 54 (2): 459-464.
68. Motomura, H., P. R. Last and G. K. Yearsley. 2006 (Sept.). New species
of shallow water scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae: Scorpaena) from the central
coast of Western Australia. Copeia, 2006 (3): 360-369.
69. Motomura, H., P. R. Last and M. F. Gomon. 2006 (Sept.). A new species
of the scorpionfish genus Maxillicosta from the southeast coast of Australia,
with a redescription of M. whitleyi (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae). Copeia,
2006 (3): 445-459.
70. Motomura, H. and J. W. Johnson. 2006 (Sept.). Validity of the poorly
known scorpionfish, Rhinopias eschmeyeri, with redescriptions of R. frondosa
and R. aphanes (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Copeia, 2006 (3): 500-515.
71. Tsukawaki, S., H. Motomura, Teams EMSB and EMSB-u32. 2006 (Oct.). Preliminary
results from the research missions of EMSB and EMSB-u32 programmes: “Evaluation
of mechanisms sustaining the biodiversity of Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia”.
Mekong Research for the People of the Mekong, Chiang Rai, Thailand. Pp.
36-42.
72. Motomura, H. and S. Fukumoto. 2006 (Nov.). New fish collection at the
Kagoshima University Museum, Japan, with change of registration code. Ichthyological
Research (Editorial Notes and Announcements), 53 (4): 441-442.
73. Motomura, H. 2007 (Jan.). Diversity and characteristics of fishes of
Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia.
The Kagoshima University Museum Newsletter, No. 14: 8-13.
74. Motomura, H., S. G. Poss and K.-T. Shao. 2007 (Feb.). Scorpaena pepo,
a new species of scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from northeastern
Taiwan, with a review of S. onaria Jordan and Snyder. Zoological Studies,
46 (1): 35-45.
75. Motomura, H. 2007 (Apr.). Volunteer activities for fish collection
at the Kagoshima University Museum. The Kagoshima University Museum Newsletter,
No. 16: 1-16.
76. Motomura, H., P. R. Last and G. K. Yearsley. 2007 (Apr.). Scopelarchoides
kreffti (Actinopterygii: Aulopiformes: Scopelarchidae) from off Tasmania,
Australia: first records from outside the South Atlantic Ocean. Species
Diversity, 12 (1): 9-15.
77. Motomura, H., P. R. Last and G. K. Yearsley. 2007 (May). Two new species
of the scorpionfish genus Trachyscorpia (Sebastidae: Sebastolobinae) from
the southern Indo-West Pacific, with comments on the distribution of T.
eschmeyeri. Zootaxa, 1466: 19-34.
78. Motomura, H., M. Ito, M. Takayama, Y. Haraguchi and M. Matsunuma. 2007
(Aug.). Second Japanese record of a threadfin, Eleutheronema rhadinum (Perciformes:
Polynemidae), with distributional implications. Biogeography, 9: 7-11.
79. Motomura, H. and S. Harazaki. 2007 (Aug.). In situ ontogenetic color
changes of Pentapodus aureofasciatus (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) off Yakushima
Island, southern Japan and comments on the biology of the species. Biogeography,
9: 23-30.
80. Motomura, H., M. Ito, H. Ikeda, H. Endo, M. Matsunuma and K. Hatooka.
2007 (Aug.). Review of Japanese records of a grouper, Epinephelus amblycephalus
(Perciformes: Serranidae), with new specimens from Kagoshima and Wakayama.
Biogeography, 9: 49-56.
81. A mysterious fish, Pseudanthias venator Snyder, 1911. The Kagoshima
University Museum Newsletter, No. 17: 14.
82. Motomura, H., S. Kimura and Y. Haraguchi. 2007 (Dec.). Two carangid
fishes (Actinopterygii: Perciformes), Caranx heberi and Ulua mentalis,
from Kagoshima: the first records from Japan and northernmost records for
the species. Species Diversity, 12 (4): 223-235.
83. Ito, M., M. Takayama, Y. Haraguchi, M. Matsunuma and H. Motomura. 2007
(Dec.). A large number of a rare fish, Atule mate (Teleostei: Perciformes:
Carangidae), collected from Kagoshima, Japan. Nanki-seibutsu, 49 (2): 117-118.
84. Matsunuma, M., T. Yonezawa, A. Shinomiya, H. Suzuki, K. Oki and H.
Motomura. 2007 (Dec.). A record of the endangered lamprey, Lethenteron
sp. S (Petromyzontiformes: Petromyzontidae), from Kagoshima Prefecture,
Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 62: 23-28.
85. Motomura, H. 2008 (Feb.). Book Review of “Reef and shore fishes of
the Hawaiian Islands”. Ichthyological Research (Editorial Notes and Announcements),
55 (1): 97-98.
86. Motomura, H. (ed.). 2008 (Mar.). Fishes collected by set nets from
Kagoshima - confirmed by Kagoshima Aquarium -. Kagoshima Aquarium, Kagoshima,
260 pp.
87. Motomura, H. and H. Senou. 2008 (Apr.). A new species of the scorpionfish
genus Scorpaena (Scorpaenidae) from Izu Peninsula, Pacific coast of Japan.
Journal of Fish Biology, 72 (7): 1761-1772.
88. Sakurai, M. and H. Motomura. 2008 (Apr.). Results of resident surveys on publicizing the fascinating nature of Kagoshima Bay. Nature of Kagoshima 34: 17-19.
89. Motomura, H. and M. Sakurai. 2008 (Apr.). The fishes of Kagoshima -
2007 research highlights. Nature of Kagoshima 34: 25-34.
90. Okamoto, M., A. Yamaguchi, H. Sugisaki and H. Motomura. 2008 (May).
Second Japanese record of a platytroctid fish, Maulisia acuticeps Sazonov,
1976. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (1): 59-61.
91. Kimura, S., R. Kimura, K. Ikejima, H. Motomura, Y. Iwatsuki and T. Yoshino. 2008 (May). Standard Japanese names for the six leiognathid genera. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (1): 62-63.
92. Kimura, S., H. Motomura and Y. Iwatsuki. 2008 (May). Equulites Fowler
1904, a senior synonym of Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap, and Smith 2005 (Perciformes:
Leiognathidae). Ichthyological Research, 55 (2): 204-205.
93. Last, P. R., H. Motomura, and W. T. White. 2008 (June). Cephaloscyllium
albipinnum sp. nov., a new swellshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)
from southeastern Australia, pp. 147-157. In: P. R. Last, W. T. White and
J. J. Pogonoski (eds). Descriptions of new Australian Chondrichthyans.
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 22.
94. Motomura, H., P. R. Last and J. W. Johnson. 2008 (July). Review of
the waspfish genus Liocranium (Scorpaeniformes: Tetrarogidae), with restoration
of L. pleurostigma (Weber). Zootaxa, 1820: 27-40.
95. Motomura, H. 2008 (Aug.). Book review of "Preparation of Natural
History Collection: Record, Care and Conservation". Taxa (Proceedings
of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology), 25: 46.
96. Johnson, J. W. and H. Motomura. 2008 (Sept.). Family Scorpaenidae.
Scorpionfishes. Pp. 393-395. In M. Gomon, D. Bray and R. Kuiter (eds.)
Fishes of Australia's southern coast. New Holland Press, Chatswood, 928
pp.
97. Johnson, J. W. and H. Motomura. 2008 (Sept.). Family Neosebastidae. Gurnard perches. Pp. 395-400. In M. Gomon, D. Bray and R. Kuiter (eds.) Fishes of Australia's southern coast. New Holland Press, Chatswood, 928 pp.
98. Johnson, J. W. and H. Motomura. 2008 (Sept.). Family Sebastidae. Ocean
perches. Pp. 400-402. In M. Gomon, D. Bray and R. Kuiter (eds.) Fishes
of Australia's southern coast. New Holland Press, Chatswood, 928 pp.
99. Johnson, J. W. and H. Motomura. 2008 (Sept.). Family Tetrarogidae.
Wasp fishes, sailback scorpionfishes. Pp. 402-405. In M. Gomon, D. Bray
and R. Kuiter (eds.) Fishes of Australia's southern coast. New Holland
Press, Chatswood, 928 pp.
100. Motomura, H. 2008 (Oct.). Book review... Japanese Journal of Ichthyology,
55 (2): 148-149.
101. Kimura, S., S. Houki, M. Yamada and H. Motomura. 2008 (Oct.). First
record of a ponyfish, Secutor indicius, from Japan (Perciformes: Leiognathidae).
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (2): 111-114.
102. Motomura, H. 2008 (Nov.). Scorpaenopsis stigma Fowler, 1938, a junior
synonym of Phenacoscorpius megalops Fowler, 1938, with comments on the
type series of P. megalops (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Zoological Studies,
47 (6): 774-780.
103. Matsunuma, M., M. Meguro, G. Ogihara and H. Motomura. 2008 (Dec.).
Records of Aulopus formosanus (Aulopiformes, Aulopidae) from Kagoshima
Prefecture, southern Japan, and descriptions of newly recognized diagnostic
characters for the species. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of
Japan, 63: 71-79.
104. Motomura, H. 2009 (Jan.). Sebastapistes taeniophrys (Fowler, 1943):
a valid scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) from the Philippines. Ichthyological
Research, 56 (1): 62-68.
105. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Carapidae. Pearlfishes. P. 38. In S. Kimura,
U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West coast
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106. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Batrachoididae. Toadfishes. P. 39. In S.
Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West
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vi + 346 pp.
107. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Antennariidae. Frogfishes. Pp. 40-41. In
S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea.
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108. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Scorpaenidae. Scorpionfishes. Pp. 63-69.
In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea.
West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science,
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109. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Tetrarogidae. Waspfishes. P. 70. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
110. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Synanceiidae. Stonefishes. Pp. 72-73. In
S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea.
West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science,
Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
111. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Acropomatidae. Temperate Ocean-basses. P.
81. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman
Sea. West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science,
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112. Motomura, H. and U. Satapoomin. 2009 (Mar.). Serranidae. Groupers
(Sea Basses, Fairy Basslets). Pp. 82-95. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and
K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West coast of southern Thailand.
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
113. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Pseudochromidae. Dottybacks. Pp. 95-96.
In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea.
West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science,
Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
114. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Plesiopidae. Roundheads (Longfins). Pp.
97-98. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman
Sea. West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science,
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115. Motomura, H. and U. Satapoomin. 2009 (Mar.). Opistognathidae. Jawfishes. P. 99. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
116. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Lactaridae. False Trevally. P. 112. In S.
Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West
coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
vi + 346 pp.
117. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Rachycentridae. Cobia. P. 113. In S. Kimura,
U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West coast
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118. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Echeneidae. Remoras. P. 114. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
119. Motomura, H., K. Shibukawa and U. Satapoomin. 2009 (Mar.). Haemulidae.
Sweetlips (Grunts). Pp. 152-155. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura
(eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West coast of southern Thailand. National
Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
120. Shibukawa, K. and H. Motomura. 2009 (Mar.). Nemipteridae. Threadfin
Breams and Monocle Bream. Pp. 156-160. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and
K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West coast of southern Thailand.
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
121. Motomura, H. and K. Shibukawa. 2009 (Mar.). Lethrinidae. Emperors.
Pp. 161-164. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes
of Andaman Sea. West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature
and Science, Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
122. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Polynemidae. Threadfins. Pp. 167-170. In
S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea.
West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science,
Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
123. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Sciaenidae. Croakers. Pp. 170-172. In S. Kimura, U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura (eds.) Fishes of Andaman Sea. West coast of southern Thailand. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. vi + 346 pp.
124. Motomura, H. (ed.). 2009 (Mar.). Fish collection building and procedures
manual. Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima. 70 pp.
125. Motomura, H. 2009 (Mar.). Ichthyofaunal survey in Yaku-shima Island.
Kagoshima University Museum Newsletter, (21): 10-11.
126. Motomura, H. and H. Senou. 2009 (Apr.). New records of the dwarf scorpionfish,
Sebastapistes fowleri (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae),
from East Asia, and notes on Australian records of the species. Species
Diversity, 14 (1): 1-8.
127. Matsunuma, H. and H. Motomura. 2009 (Apr.). First records of an introduced
molly Poecilia mexicana (Perciformes: Poeciliidae) from Japan. Japanese
Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (1): 21-30.
128. Matsunuma, M., G. Ogihara, M. Meguro and H. Motomura. 2009 (June).
Records of the endangered goby, Gymnogobius scrobiculatus (Perciformes:
Gobiidae), from Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 35: 9-12.
129. Sakurai, M., H. Motomura and I. Aoki. 2009 (June). Results of resident attitude surveys on the sea and fishes of Kagoshima. Nature of Kagoshima, 35: 43-46.
130. Ogihara, G., T. Yoshida and H. Motomura. 2009 (June). A first record
of Dasyatis izuensis (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from Kagoshima Prefecture,
southern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 35: 63-66.
131. Motomura, H., Y. Sakurai and G. Shinohara. 2009 (July). First records
of a scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes albaiensis, from East Asia, with a synopsis
of S. minor (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Species Diversity,
14 (2): 75-87.
132. Motomura, H., Y. Sakurai, H. Senou and H.-C. Ho. 2009 (Aug.). Morphological
comparisons of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish, Parascorpaena aurita,
with a closely related species, P. picta, with first records of P. aurita
from East Asia (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa, 2191: 41-57.
133. Motomura, H. and J. E. McCosker. 2009 (Aug.). Second specimen of the
Costa Rican scorpionfish, Scorpaena cocosensis (Scorpaenidae): the first
record from the Galapagos Islands, with fresh color notes on the species.
Biogeography, 11: 135-137.
134. Motomura, H., G. Ogihara, M. Meguro and M. Matsunuma. 2009 (Aug.).
First records of the Pumpkin Scorpionfish, Scorpaena pepo (Scorpaenidae),
from Japan. Biogeography, 11: 139-143.
135. Bearez, P. and H. Motomura. 2009 (Oct.). Description of a new scorpionfish
(Scorpaenoidei, Sebastolobinae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. Zootaxa,
2277: 61-68.
136. Motomura, H. and P. R. Last. 2009 (Nov.). Phenacoscorpius longirostris, a new species of deep water scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the northern Tasman Sea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, 2290: 27-35.
137. Hoese, D. F. and H. Motomura. 2009 (Dec.). Descriptions of two new genera and species of ptereleotrine fishes from Australia and Japan (Pisces: Gobioidei) with discussion of possible relationships. Zootaxa, 2312: 49-59.
138. Yoshida, T. and H. Motomura. 2009 (Dec.). Northernmost records of Apogon amboinensis (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Yaku-shima Island, Kagoshima, southern Japan. Nanki-seibutsu, 51 (2): 96–98.
139. Iwatsubo, H., M. Ito, K. Nakao, M. Meguro, M. Matsunuma and H. Motomura. 2009 (Dec.). Records of Lagocephalus suezensis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from southern Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 64: 21–27.
140. Ogihara, G., S. Harazaki and H. Motomura. 2009 (Dec.). New records of Amblygobius linki (Gobiidae) from Amami-oshima and Yaku-shima Islands, Kagoshima, southern Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 64: 41–45.
141. Matsunuma, M., S. Harazaki, M. Meguro, G. Ogihara and H. Motomura. 2009 (Dec.). Records of two haemulid fishes, Plectorhinchus gibbosus and Pomadasys quadrilineatus (Teleostei: Perciformes), from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, and morphological comparisons of P. gibbosus with P. cinctus at juvenile stages. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 64: 57–67.
142. Ogihara, G., S. Dewa and H. Motomura. 2009 (Dec.). Record of an introduced species, Amphiprion melanopus (Pomacentridae: Amphiprioninae), from Kagoshima Bay, southern Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 64: 197–204.
143. Motomura, H. 2010 (Jan.). Nature of Lake Tonle Sap. Cambodia Krorma Travel Guidebook, 14: 23–26.
144. Motomura, H. 2010 (Mar.). Role of university museums and fish collection buildings. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, on-line publication, 10 pp., 32 figs.
145. Motomura, H. 2010 (Mar.). Fish species diversity in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Transcript of Lectures, Kagoshima University Education Center, Nature Series: 116–133.
146. Motomura, H. and K. Matsuura (eds.). 2010 (Mar.). Fishes of Yaku-shima Island – A World Heritage island in the Osumi Group, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. viii + 264 pp., 704 figs.
147. Meguro, M. and H. Motomura. 2010 (Mar.). First records of a triplefin (Tripterygiidae), Enneapterygius hemimelas, from Japan. Pp. 1–8 in H. Motomura and K. Matsuura (eds.), Fishes of Yaku-shima Island – A World Heritage island in the Osumi Group, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
148. Motomura, H., G. Ogihara and K. Hagiwara. 2010 (Mar.). Distributional range extension of a scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus, in the Indo-Pacific, and comments on synonymy of S. parvipinnis (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Pp. 17–26 in H. Motomura and K. Matsuura (eds.), Fishes of Yaku-shima Island – A World Heritage island in the Osumi Group, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
149. Yoshida, T., S. Harazaki and H. Motomura. 2010 (Mar.). Apogonid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) of Yaku-shima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Pp. 27–64 in H. Motomura and K. Matsuura (eds.), Fishes of Yaku-shima Island – A World Heritage island in the Osumi Group, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
150. Motomura, H., K. Kuriiwa, E. Katayama, H. Senou, G. Ogihara, M. Meguro, M. Matsunuma, Y. Takata, T. Yoshida, M. Yamashita, S. Kimura, H. Endo, A. Murase, Y. Iwatsuki, Y. Sakurai, S. Harazaki, K. Hidaka, H. Izumi and K. Matsuura. 2010 (Mar.). Annotated checklist of marine and estuarine fishes of Yaku-shima Island, Kagoshima, southern Japan. Pp. 65–248 in H. Motomura and K. Matsuura (eds.), Fishes of Yaku-shima Island – A World Heritage island in the Osumi Group, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
151. Yonezawa, T., A. Shinomiya and H. Motomura. 2010 (Mar.). Freshwater fishes of Yaku-shima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Pp. 249–261 in H. Motomura and K. Matsuura (eds.), Fishes of Yaku-shima Island – A World Heritage island in the Osumi Group, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
152. Lim, P. K. A., H. Motomura and A. C. Gambang. 2010 (Mar.). Polydactylus luparensis, a new species of threadfin (Perciformes: Polynemidae) from the Batang Lupar River, Sarawak, Borneo. Zootaxa, 2405: 63–68.
153. Ogihara, G., T. Yoshida, M. Ito, M. Yamashita, Y. Sakurai and H. Motomura. 2010 (May). Record of Bolbometopon muricatum (Labroidei: Scaridae) from Kasasa, Kagoshima, southern Kyushu, Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 36: 43–47.
154. Ohta, R., M. Ito and H. Motomura. 2010 (May). First record of Halicampus grayi (Perciformes: Syngnathidae) from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 36: 57–59.
155. Iwatsubo, H. and H. Motomura. 2010 (May). A first record of Neosynchiropus moyeri (Perciformes: Callionymidae) from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan and a synopsis of dragonets in Kagoshima. Nature of Kagoshima, 36: 65–73.
156. Kawamura, N., M. Ito and H. Motomura. 2010 (May). First reliable records of Synodus variegatus (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 36: 75–78.
157. Matsunuma, M., T. Yonezawa and H. Motomura. 2010 (May). Ichthyofauna of brackish lagoons on Kamikoshiki-jima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, with records of the Asian Goby, Gymnogobius heptacanthus (Perciformes: Gobiidae). Nature of Kagoshima, 36: 79–87.
158. Dewa, S., N. Dewa and H. Motomura. 2010 (May). Ecological notes on a recently described microdesmid fish, Navigobius dewa, from Japanese waters, with a proposed new standard Japanese name for the species. Nature of Kagoshima, 36: 89–92.
159. Motomura, H., S. Dewa, K. Furuta and H. Senou. 2010 (Aug.). Description of Pseudanthias rubrolineatus (Serranidae: Anthiinae) collected from Take-shima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Biogeography, 12: 119–125.
160. Motomura, H. and T. Peristiwady. 2010 (Aug.). Scorpaena onaria (Scorpaenidae), previously considered to have an antitropical distribution, found in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, western central Pacific Ocean. Biogeography, 12: 127–131.
161. Motomura, H., S. Arbsuwan and P. Musikasinthorn. 2010 (Sept.). Thysanichthys evides Jordan and Thompson, 1914, a senior synonym of Sebastella littoralis Tanaka, 1917, and a valid species of Scorpaenodes (Actinopterygii: Scorpaenidae). Species Diversity, 15 (2): 71–81.
162. Motomura, H. and R. Causse. 2010 (Oct.). Revised diagnosis of Neosebastes
capricornis (Neosebastidae), with new records of the species from Vanuatu.
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 44 (4): 323-327.
163. Iwatsubo, H. and H. Motomura. 2010 (Dec.). Japanese records and standard
Japanese names of Chromis analis and C. albicauda (Perciformes: Pomacentridae).
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 65: 57-64.
164. Motomura, H. and R. Causse. 2011 (Jan.). A new deepwater scorpionfish
of the genus Scorpaenopsis (Scorpaenidae) from Wallis and Futuna Islands,
southwestern Pacific Ocean. Bulliten of Marine Science, 87 (1): 45-53.
165. Matsunuma, M., S. Tafzilmeriam S. A. K., Y. Yusuf and H. Motomura.
2011 (Jan.). First records of two labrid fishes, Iniistius trivittatus
and Leptojulis lambdastigma (Teleostei: Perciformes), from Thailand and
Malaysia. Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, 59: 27-35.
166. Okamoto, M. and H. Motomura. 2011 (Apr.). Epigonus carbonarius, a
new species of deepwater cardinalfish (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the
Marquesas Islands, with a redefinition of the Epigonus oligolepis group.
Ichthyological Research, 58 (2): 155-160.
167. Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura. 2011 (Apr.). First records of a lionfish,
Pterois mombasae (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from Japan, and morphological
comparisons with P. antennata. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 58 (1):
27-40.
168. Motomura, H., P. Béarez and R. Causse. 2011 (May). Review of Indo-Pacific
specimens of the subfamily Scorpaeninae (Scorpaenidae), deposited in the
Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with description of a new
species of Neomerinthe. Cybium, 35 (1): 55-73.
169. Matsunuma, M., M. Aizawa, Y. Sakurai and H. Motomura. 2011 (May).
Record of a lionfish, Pterois mombasae, from Yaku-shima Island, southern
Japan, and notes on distributional implications of the species and P. antennata
in Japan (Scorpaenidae). Nature of Kagoshima, 37: 3-8.
170. Iwatsubo, H., S. Dewa, Y. Sakimuki, M. Ito, K. Furuta and H. Motomura.
2011 (May). First records of basslets, Pseudanthias parvirostris and Sacura
margaritacea (Seranidae: Anthiinae), from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern
Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 37: 17-22.
171. Meguro, M. and H. Motomura. 2011 (May). Record of Ebinania brephocephala
(Scorpaeniformis: Psychrolutidae) from Nomaike, Kagoshima, southern Kyushu,
Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 37: 27-29.
172. Hata, H. and H. Motomura. 2011 (May). Clupeiform fishes of Kagoshima
Prefecture, southern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 37: 49-62.
173. Hata, H., M. Ito, M. Yamada and H. Motomura. 2011 (May). First records
of Grammatorcynus bilineatus (Perciformes: Scombridae) from Kagoshima Prefecture,
southern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 37: 67-70.
174. Ohashi, Y. and H. Motomura. 2011 (May). Pleuronectiform fishes of
northern Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 37: 71-118.
175. Yoshida, T., M. Aizawa and H. Motomura. 2011 (May). Seven new records
of cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Yaku-shima Island, Kagoshima
Prefecture, southern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 37: 119-125.
176. Itou, M., M. Matsunuma, H. Iwatsubo and H. Motomura. 2011 (May). Northernmost
record of a siganid fish, Siganus guttatus (Bloch, 1787), from the Kagoshima
mainland, southern Kyushu, Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 37: 161-164.
177. Motomura, H. and M. Aizawa. 2011 (July). Illustrated list of additions
to the ichthyofauna of Yaku-shima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern
Japan: 50 new records from the island. Check List, 7 (4): 448-457.
178. Okamoto, M., J. G. Nielsen and H. Motomura. 2011 (Sept.). First record
of the cusk-eel, Neobythites australiensis Nielsen (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae),
from the Northern Hemisphere. Biogeography, 13: 69-71.
179. Motomura, H., P. Pruvost and R. Causse. 2011 (Oct.). A deepwater threadfin,
Polydactylus longipes (Perciformes: Polynemidae), from Vanuatu: new record
from the South Pacific. Cybium, 35 (2): 159-161.
180. Béarez, P., S. Kerneur and H. Motomura. 2011 (Oct.). First record
of Polydactylus mullani (Teleostei: Polynemidae) from the Sultanate of
Oman. Cybium, 35 (2): 167-168.
181. Motomura, H., C. D. Struthers, M. A. McGrouther and A. L. Stewart.
2011 (Nov.). Validity of Scorpaena jacksoniensis and a redescription of
S. cardinalis, a senior synonym of S. cookii (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae).
Ichthyological Research, 58 (4): 315-332.
182. Yamashita, M., D. Golani and H. Motomura. 2011 (Nov.). A new species
of Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan. Zootaxa, 3107:
47-58.
183. Motomura, H., Y. Takigawa, G. Ogihara and T. Yoshino. 2011 (Nov.).
Primary type status of Perca cirrosa Thunberg, 1793 (Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa,
3111: 64-66.
184. Okamoto, M., H. Motomura and T. Asahida. 2011 (Nov.). Redescription
of a poorly known deepwater cardinalfish, Epigonus affinis (Actinopterygii:
Perciformes: Epigonidae), and comparison with related species. Species
Diversity, 16 (3-4): 85-92.
185. Matsunuma, M., H. Motomura, K. Matsuura, N. A. M. Shazili and M. A.
Ambak (eds.). 2011 (Nov.). Fishes of Terengganu – east coast of Malay Peninsula,
Malaysia. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Universiti Malaysia
Terengganu, Terengganu, and Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima. viii
+ 251 pp., 678 figs.
186. Murase, A., S. Harazaki, M. Meguro and H. Motomura. 2011 (Dec.). Northernmost
records of three blenniid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) from Yaku-shima
Island, southern Japan, with their ecological notes. Bulletin of the Biogeographical
Society of Japan, 66: 61-73.
187. Motomura, H., M. Matsunuma and H.-C. Ho. 2011 (Dec.). New records
of three scorpaenid fishes (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) from Taiwan. Journal
of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan, 38 (2): 97-107.
188. Motomura, H. 2012 (Apr.). Fish diversity in Kagoshima influenced by
Kuroshio Current. Pp. 19-45 in Matsuura, K. (ed.) Fishes of Kuroshio. Tokai
University Press, Tokyo.
189. Nishiyama, H., S. Dewa, S. Chiba and H. Motomura. 2012 (Apr.). First
Japanese record of a damselfish, Chromis earina (Perciformes, Pomacentridae),
from Iou-jima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Journal of
Ichthyology, 59 (1): 61-67.
190. Okamoto, M., H. Motomura, K. Hoshino, T. Yanagimoto and T. Saruwatari.
2012 (May). Occurrence and additional specimens of a scorpionfish, Idiastion
pacificum (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), from the central
North Pacific. Species Diversity, 17 (1): 1-5.
191. Motomura, H., M. Yamashita, M. Itou, Y. Haraguchi and Y. Iwatsuki.
2012 (May). First records of the Two-tone Goatfish, Upeneus guttatus, from
Japan, and comparisons with U. japonicus (Perciformes: Mullidae). Species
Diversity, 17 (1): 7-14.
192. Hata, H., M. Itou and H. Motomura. 2012 (May). First record of Aulopus
damasi (Aulopiformes: Aulopidae) from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan.
Nature of Kagoshima, 38: 9-11.
193. Hata, H., M. Itou and H. Motomura. 2012 (May). First records of Ellochelon
vaigiensis (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) from the Kagoshima mainland and Yoron
Island, southern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 38: 73-77.
194. Matsunuma, M., K. Tatsuno and H. Motomura. 2012 (May). Freshwater
fishes of Yoron-jima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Nature
of Kagoshima, 38: 109-114.
195. Yamashita, M., T. Yoshida and H. Motomura. 2012 (May). An illustrated
list of the Kagoshima University Museum specimens of Chondrichthyes collected
from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 38: 119-138.
196. Ogihara, G. and H. Motomura. 2012 (May). First record of Neocentropogon
aeglefinus japonicus from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, with a
synopsis of waspfishes (Scorpaeniformes: Tetrarogidae) in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Nature of Kagoshima, 38: 139-144.
197. Ohashi, Y. and H. Motomura. 2012 (May). First Japanese records of
Crossorhombus valderostratus (Bothidae) from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern
Japan. Nature of Kagoshima, 38: 145-151.
198. Nishiyama, K. and H. Motomura. 2012 (Aug.). A photographic guide to
wrasses of Japan. Toho-shuppan, Osaka. 303 pp.
199. Okamoto, M. and H. Motomura. 2012 (Sept.). Epigonus exodon, a new
species of deepwater cardinalfish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Epigonidae)
from Réunion, western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3453: 84-88.
200. Motomura, H. and T. Peristiwady. 2012 (Sept.). First equatorial records
of Neosebastes entaxis and N. longirostris (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae)
from northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biogeography, 14: 31-36.
201. Okamoto, M., H. Motomura, K. Hoshino, T. Yanagimoto and T. Hayashibara.
2012 (Sept.). New records of the Noline Scorpionfish, Phenacoscorpius megalops
(Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), from the Emperor Seamounts,
central North Pacific. Biogeography, 14: 77-81.
202. Hata, H., H. Motomura and H. Ishimori. 2012 (Nov.). First Japanese
record of an engraulid fish, Encrasicholina devisi (Clupeiformes), collected
from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan and comparisons with congeners.
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 59 (2): 125-134.
203. Nishiyama, H., M. Watai, H. Senou and H. Motomura. 2012 (Nov.). Records
of Stegastes insularis (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) from Yoron-jima Island,
the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, and notes on distributional
implications for the species. Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 59
(2): 155-162.
204. Okamoto, M., P. Bartsch and H. Motomura. 2012 (Nov.). Epigonus merleni,
a junior synonym of Epigonus macrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Epigonidae).
Species Diversity, 17 (2): 123-126.
205. Motomura, H., N. Kanehira and H. Imamura. 2012 (Nov.). Redescription
of a poorly known southeastern Pacific scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Phenacoscorpius
eschmeyeri Parin and Mandrytsa. Species Diversity, 17 (2): 145-150.
206. Motomura, H., R. Causse and C. D. Struthers. 2012 (Nov.). Phenacoscorpius
longilineatus, a new species of deepwater scorpionfish from the southwestern
Pacific Ocean and the first records of Phenacoscorpius adenensis from the
Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Species Diversity, 17 (2): 151-160.
Motomura, H., T. Hashimoto and K. Nishiyama. 2012 (Dec.). Record of Oxycheilinus
orientalis (Labridae) from Amami-oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, with notes
on distributional implication and habitats in Japanese waters. Bulletin
of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 67: 75-80.
Hata, H., M. Ito, Y. Haraguchi and H. Motomura. 2012 (Dec.). Third record
of Takifugu oblongus (Tetraodontidae) from Japanese coastal water. Bulletin
of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 67: 257-260.
Motomura, H. and S. Ishikawa (eds.). 2013 (Feb.). Fish collection building
and procedures manual. English edition. The Kagoshima University Museum,
Kagoshima and the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto. 70
pp.
Senou, H., A. Mishiku, M. Ito and H. Motomura. 2013 (Feb.). First records
of a rare unicornfish, Naso mcdadei (Perciformes: Acanthuridae), from Japan,
with notes on biogeographical implications for the species. Bulletin of
the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science), (42): 91-96.
Motomura, H. 2013 (Feb.). A practical and theoretical approach to studies
in fish taxonomy for students and early career researchers, based on the
revision of the family Polynemidae. Taxa, 34: 32-53.