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1 Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 0 The Ichthyological Society of Japan 2002 Manabu Hibino*, Taro Ohta, Izumi Kinoshita and Masaru Tanaka Fish larvae and juveniles occurring in the littoral zone of a tidal flat, in the bottom of Ariake Bay. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 49(2): Abstract A total of 23,404 larval and juvenile fishes, representing over 65 species from 28 families, were collected by monthly seine-net (surf-net) and beam trawl sampling along the littoral zone of a tidal flat in north-eastern Ariake Bay, from March 1998 to May Dominant species were Konosirus puctatus (63% of total fish number) in spring, Leiognathus nuchalis (12%) in summer, Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis (5%) in autumn and winter (surf net), Favonigobius gymnauchen (31%) and Acentrogobius pflaumii (16%) year-round and Acanthogobius flavimanus (9%) in spring (beam trawl). Characteristically, juveniles of gobiid and some important commercial species, also common in other enclosed bays around Japan, were frequently collected, whereas larvae and juveniles of species endemic to Ariake Bay were rarely collected. Salinity at the study site was almost constant through the tidal changes, being relatively high (ca. 30). The bottom type was a mixture of sand and mud. The results suggested that tidal flat littoral zones not directly influenced by rivers are used as long-term and/or juvenile-stage nurseries for various common non-commercial and commercial species, although it rarely used by early stage larvae of endemic species. *Corresponding author: Yatomi Station, Freshwater Resources Research Center, Aichi Fisheries Research Institute, Yatomi-cho, Ama-gun, Aichi , Japan (

2 Fig. 1. Study site (Omuta tidal flat) in Ariake Bay. Thin lines indicate the tidal flat limits at low water spring.

3 Fig. 2. Monthly changes in low tide water parameters (temperature, salinity and transparency) at Omuta tidal flat, Ariake Bay, from March 1998 to May 1999.

6 Table 2. Dominant fish larvae and juveniles collected by surf-net and beam trawl at Omuta tidal flat, Ariake Bay, from March 1998 to May 1999

7 Fig. 3. Monthly changes in (a) number of species, and (b) CPUE (number of fish collected per 10- min tow) from March 1998 to May Fig. 4. Seasonal changes in similarity index between consecutive months, based on Jaccard's (1901) coefficient of community, for species composition of fishes collected at Omuta tidal flat, Ariake Bay, from March 1998 to May 1999.

8 Fig. 5. Monthly changes in abundance and standard length of dominant species collected at Omuta tidal flat, Ariake Bay, from March 1998 to May Line graph in each figure indicates monthly changes in CPUE (number of fish collected per 10-min tow). Horizontal bars indicate means of standard length, and vertical lines and thick bars ranges and standard deviation of standard length, respectively.

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Fig. 1. Occurrences of larvae of Tetragonurus cuvieri ( ) and T atlanticus ( œ) in the North-West Pacific. Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810 Table 1. C

Fig. 1. Occurrences of larvae of Tetragonurus cuvieri ( ) and T atlanticus ( œ) in the North-West Pacific. Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810 Table 1. C Tetragonurus, Japanese Journal of Ichthyology The Ichthyological (C) Society of Japan 2001 Makoto Okamoto*, Hitoshi Ida and Hiroya Sugisaki. 2001. Larvae and a juvenile of two tetragonurid fishes (Perciformes: