Hiroyuki Motomura

Hiroyuki Motomura (本村 浩之 (Motomura Hiroyuki)), Japanese ichthyologist

• Professor, The Kagoshima University Museum (鹿児島大学総合研究博物館 (Kagoshima Daigaku Sōgō Kenkyū Hakubutsukan)), 1–21–30 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890–0065, Japan KUM profile

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• 47 taxon names authored by Hiroyuki Motomura

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• Okamoto, M. & 2012. Epigonus exodon, a new species of deepwater cardinalfish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Epigonidae) from Réunion, western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3453: 84–88. Preview Reference page. 

• Matsunuma, M. & 2014: Pterois paucispinula, a new species of lionfish (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research 62 (3): 327–346. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-014-0451-6 Reference page. 

• Hata, H. & 2015. A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3941(1): 117–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.6 Reference page. 
• Matsunuma, M. & , 2015: A new species of scorpionfish, Ebosia vespertina (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from the southwestern Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Research 63(1) [2016]: 110–120.DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0479-2 Reference page. 
• Motomura, H., Ota, R., Meguro, M. & Tashiro, S., 2015: Enneapterygius phoenicosoma, a New Species of Triplefin (Tripterygiidae) from the Western Pacific Ocean. Species Diversity 20: 1–12. DOI: 10.12782/sd.20.1.001

• Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H., 2015: Redescriptions of Pterois radiata and Pterois cincta (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) with notes on geographic morphological variations in P . radiata. Ichthyological Research, Published online: 20 Aug 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0483-6

• Suzuki, T., Greenfield, D.W. & , 2015: Two new dwarfgobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan: Eviota flavipinnata and Eviota rubrimaculata. Zootaxa 4007(3): 399–408. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• , Causse, R., Béarez, P. & Mishra, S.S., 2015: 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. Zootaxa 4021(4): 529–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.4.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Fukui, Y. & , 2015: A new species of deepwater wrasse (Labridae: Terelabrus) from the western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4040(5): 559–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• & Kanade, Y., 2015: Review of the scorpionfish genus Pteroidichthys (Scorpaenidae), with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4057 (4): 490–510. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.4.2 Reference page. 

• , Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. 2016. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Scorpaenidae), a senior synonym of seven nominal species. Zootaxa 4067(3): 345–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.4. Reference page. 
• Matsunuma, M. & 2016. Chelidoperca stella, a new species of perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4092(3): 388–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.4.Reference page. 
• Fukui, Y. & 2016. Terelabrus flavocephalus sp. nov., a new hogfish (Perciformes: Labridae) from the Maldives, Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Research. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-016-0523-x Reference page. 
• Hata, H. & 2016. 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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 79–88. PDF. Reference page. 
• , Causse, R. & Béarez, P. 2016. Validity of a poorly known western Pacific scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Neomerinthe pallidimacula (Fowler, 1938) / Validité d’une rascasse (Scorpaenidae) peu connue du Pacifique ouest : Neomerinthe pallidimacula (Fowler, 1938). Cybium 40(2): 109–113. [402109-113%20Abs.pdf Abstract] Reference page. 
• Hata, H. & 2016. Validity of Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg 1933) and redescription of Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837), a senior synonym of Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley 1940) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyological Research, First online: 20 June 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-016-0529-4 Reference page. 
• Yoshida, T. & 2016. A new cardinalfish, Verulux solmaculata (Perciformes: Apogonidae), from Papua New Guinea and Australia. Ichthyological Research, First online: 11 July 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-016-0539-2 Reference page. 

• Ho, H-C., , Hata, H. & Jiang, W-C. 2017. Review of the fish genus Epinnula Poey (Perciformes: Gempylidae), with description of a new species from the Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4363(3): 393–408. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.3.5 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Johnson, J.W. & 2017. Five new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from southeast Asia and northwest Australia. Zootaxa 4320(1): 121–145. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.7. Reference page. 
• , Yoshida, T. & Velasri, V. 2017. New species of the anthiadin genus Sacura (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea. Zootaxa 4306(2): 291–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.2.10. Reference page. 
• Murase, A., Miki, R. & 2017. Southern limits of distribution of the intertidal gobies Chaenogobius annularis and C. gulosus support the existence of a biogeographic boundary in southern Japan (Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae). ZooKeys 725: 79–95. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.725.19952. Reference page. 
• Wibowo, K. & 2017. A new species of the deepwater scorpionfish genus Phenacoscorpius (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Galápagos Islands. Zootaxa 4323(2): 261–268. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.9. Reference page. 

• Inaba, T. & 2018. Review of the Indo-West Pacific genus Inimicus (Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae). Zootaxa 4482(1): 52–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.2 Reference page. 
• Yoshida, T. & 2018. Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) Rhabdamia spilota Allen & Kuiter 1994 and R. gracilis (Bleeker 1856). Zootaxa 4377(2): 178–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.2 Reference page. 
• Koeda, K., Fujii, T. & 2018. A new garden eel, Heteroconger fugax (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), from the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4418(3): 287–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.3.6 Reference page. 
• Matsunuma, M. & 2018. Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880. Zootaxa 4455(2201): 257–1. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2201. Reference page. 
• Nakamura, J., Russell, B.C., Moore, G.I. & 2018. Scolopsis meridiana, a new species of monocle bream (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 4500(2): 222–234. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.2.4 Reference page. 
• Okamoto, M. & 2018. Navigobius asayake, a new species of ptereleotrine goby (Gobioidei: Microdesmidae) from Kagoshima, southern Japan. Zootaxa 4526(3): 373–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.3.6 Reference page. 
• Short, G., Smith, R., , Harasti, D. & Hamilton, H. 2018. Hippocampus japapigu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from Japan, with a redescription of H. pontohi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 779: 27–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.779.24799 Reference page. 

• Fujiwara, K. & 2019. Validity of Lepadichthys misakius (Tanaka 1908) and redescription of Lepadichthys frenatus Waite 1904 (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae). Zootaxa 4551(3): 275–298. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.3.2 Reference page. 
• Hata, H. & 2019. A new species of sardine, Sardinella pacifica from the Philippines (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae). Zookeys, 829: 75–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.829.30688 Reference page. 
• Hata, H. & 2019. A new species of sardine, Sardinella electra (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 4565(2): 274–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.11 Reference page. 
• Hata, H. & 2019. Sardinella alcyone n. sp., a new sardine (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) from the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Pp 19–25 In Ho, H-C., Koeda, K. & Hilton, E.J., (eds.), Study on the fish taxonomy and diversity of Taiwan. Zootaxa, 4702(1): 1–229. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4702(1): 19–25. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.6 pdf Reference page. 
• Nakamura, J., Béarez, P. & 2019. Scolopsis lacrima, a new species of monocle bream (Teleostei, Perciformes, Nemipteridae) from New Caledonia. Zookeys, 861: 119–128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.861.35052 Reference page. 
• Wibowo, K., Johnson, J.W. & 2019. Scorpaena regina, a new scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the east coast of Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4706(2): 296–310. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.2.5 . Reference page. 
• Wibowo, K. & 2019. Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843, a senior synonym of four nominal species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa 4619(2): 311–329. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.2.7 Reference page. 

• Fujiwara, K., Suzuki, T. & 2020. A new species of Egglestonichthys (Teleostei, Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from Okinawa Island, Japan. ZooKeys, 1006: 91–98. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1006.58874 Reference page. 
• Hata, H., Lavoué, S. & 2020. Stolephorus babarani, a new species of anchovy (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from Panay Island, central Philippines. Zootaxa 4718(4): 509–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.4.5 Reference page. 
• Hata, H. & 2020. A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina sigma (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae), from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4750(2): 261–268. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.2.9 Reference page. 
• Morishita, S. & 2020. Sphyraena stellata, a new barracuda from the Indo-Pacific, with redescriptions of S. helleri Jenkins, 1901 and S. novaehollandiae Günther, 1860 (Perciformes: Sphyraenidae). Zootaxa 4772(3): 545–566. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.6 Reference page. 

• Okamoto, J. & 2021. 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). Zootaxa 4908(3): 354–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.3.2 Reference page. 
• Okamoto, M., Randall, J.E., 2021. Acropoma musorstom, a new lanternbelly (Acropomatidae) from the South Pacific and the first record of Acropoma splendens from the Andaman Sea off southwestern Thailand. Ichthyological Research. 68(4): 517–528. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-021-00802-9 . Reference page. 

• Fujiwara, K., Wada, H. & 2019. A new species of the greeneye genus Chlorophthalmus (Teleostei: Chlorophthalmidae) from the central North Pacific. Zootaxa 4555(3): 396–406. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.8 Reference page. 
• Hata, H., Lavoué, S. & 2022. 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). Zookeys 1121ː 145–173. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1121.84171 Reference page. 
• Hata, H. & 2022. Redescription of Stolephorus ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983 and Description of Stolephorus hindustanensis, a New Anchovy from the Western Coast of India (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Taxonomy. 2(1): 124–135. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy2010010 . Reference page. 

• Fujiwara, K., & Shinohara, G. 2023. Opistognathus ctenion (Perciformes, Opistognathidae): a new jawfish from southern Japan. Zookeys 1179ː 353–364. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1179.109813 Reference page. 
• Hata, H. & 2023. Description of Stolephorus horizon n. sp. from Fiji and Tonga, and redescription of Stolephorus scitulus (Fowler, 1911) (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Taxonomy 3(3): 356–380. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy3030021 . Reference page. 

• Cabebe-Barnuevo, R., Wibowo, K. & 2024. Redescription of Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley, 1961) (Actinopterygii, Scorpaenidae), with new distribution records for the species. ZooKeys 1219: 271–285. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1219.134970 Reference page. 
• Matsunuma, M., Tashiro, F., 2024. First Japanese Records of the Flounders Pseudorhombus elevatus and P. quinquocellatus (Teleostei: Paralichthyidae) from Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands. Species Diversity. 29(1): 9–21. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.9 . Reference page. 
• Mochizuki, K. & 2024. Distributional Range Extension of the Shallow Water Scorpionfish Parascorpaena poseidon (Perciformes: Scorpaenidae), with a Revised Diagnosis of the Species. Species Diversity. 29(1): 91–98. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.91 . Reference page. 
• Yuki, D., Endo, H., 2024. First Japanese Record of Corythoichthys intestinalis (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from the Ryukyu Islands. Species Diversity 29(2): 247–253. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.247 . Reference page. 
• Dewa, Y. & 2024. Enneapterygius pallidoserialis, a Junior Synonym of Enneapterygius erythrosoma (Perciformes: Tripterygiidae). Species Diversity 29(2): 409–413. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.409 . Reference page. 

• Furuhashi, R. & 2025. Synodus autumnus, a new species of lizardfish (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the Indo-Pacific region, and a reassessment of distributional records of Synodus rubromarmoratus. ZooKeys 1243: 191–206. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1243.147259 Reference page. 
• Yuki, D., Fricke, R. & 2025. Corythoichthys quattuordecim, a new pipefish (Teleostei, Syngnathidae) from the Coral Sea. ZooKeys 1244: 113–119. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1244.153942 Reference page.