• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.235-238
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• 2014

One specimen (619.0 mm in standard length) of Tentoriceps cristatus, belonging to the family Trichiuridae, was newly collected in the coastal waters of Jeju Island by the bottom trawl. This species was characterized by the following morphological traits: round dorsal profile of head (vs. straight for the similar species, Eupleurogrammus muticus); pelvic fin locating below the 12th dorsal fin ray (vs. 15th~17th); V, 131 dorsal fin rays; 11 pectoral fin rays; 1 pelvic fin ray changed to be a scale-like process; II anal fin rays (second one is changed to be a scale-like process). We suggest the Korean names, "Tu-gu-gal-chi-sok" and "Tu-gu-gal-chi" for the genus and species, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.224-228
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• 2017

Two specimens of Ruvettus pretiosus (227.0 and 238.3 mm in standard length), belonging to the family Gempylidae, was firstly collected by using a gill net from the eastern coastal waters of Jejudo Island, Korea in November 2013. This species is characterized by having the following morphological traits: XV, 17~19+2 dorsal fin rays; II, 15~16+2 anal fin rays; belly keeled between pelvic fin and anus; body covered with cycloid scales, interspaced with rows of sharp bony tubercles. R. pretiosus can be easily distinguished from three Korean Snake mackerels (Thyrsitoides marleyi, Rexea prometheoides and Gempylus serpens) by having belly keeled between pelvic fin and anus, and cycloid scales covered the body and interspaced with rows of sharp bony tubercles. Based on morphological and molecular approaches, the specimens were identified as R. pretiosus. We propose new Korean names, "Gi-reum-chi-sok" and "Gi-reum-chi" for the genus and species, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.305-312
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• 2023

Diet composition and feeding strategy of the largehead hairtail, Trichiurus japonicas were studied using 375 specimens collected by purse seine, set net fisheries and lure fishing from February 2021 to January 2022 in the southern sea of Korea. The anal length (AL) of these specimens was from 3.4~49.0 cm. T. japonicus fed majorly on Fishes (especially Engraulis japonicus) based on ranking index (%RI=99.3). Fishes were the main prey items for all size classes. T. japonicas also showed size-related dietary shift from E. japonicus to T. japonicus, Larimichthys polyactis and Engraulidae. Fishes were the main prey items for all seasons. The main fish prey during spring and summer was E. japonicus, but in the autumn and winter, the E. japonicus portion decreased, and T. japonicus, L. polyactis, and Engraulidae portion increased. T. japonicus were specialized feeders with E. japonicus as their dominant prey.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.26-31
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• 2020

A single specimen of Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (910.0 mm standard length) in the family Gempylidae, was collected off northwestern Jeju Island, Korea on April 28, 2016. The species is characterized by a blackish body, very low first dorsal fin spines, second dorsal fin rays followed by six finlets, anal fins followed by five finlets, caudal peduncle with a large keel flanked by two small supplementary keels, and a lateral line with an irregular wave pattern. Here, we propose the new Korean names "Heuk-gal-chi-ggo-chi-sok" for the genus Lepidocybium and "Heuk-gal-chi-ggo-chi" for the species L. flavobrunneum.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.273-279
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• 2006

A taxonomic study of the family Zoarcidae was conducted using fish collections deposited in the Department of Biology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea and the East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Korea. Among these collections, the following four species of the genus Lycodes are recognized as the first records for Korea; L. sadoensis, L. japonicus, L. pectoralis, and L. sigmatoides. These species are here redescribed and figured, with their distributions and a provisional key to five genera and eleven species of the family Zoarcidae from Korea.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.67-70
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• 1998

A rate species of Ogcocephalid fish, Malthopsis annulifera Tanaka, was recently collected from coastal waters in East Sea, Korea. This species is redescribed as new recod to Korea.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.179-185
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• 2022

The feeding habits of Largehead hairtail Trichiurus japonicus was studied using 377 specimens collected in the Yellow Sea of Korea. The specimens ranged from 4.5 to 33.7 cm in Anal length (AL). T. japonicus consumed mainly a piscivore, such as Engraulis japonicus [percent index of relative importance (%IRI) =74.1%]. We calculated the trophic level as 3.84 for T. japonicus. Fishes were the main prey items for all seasons. The main fish prey during autumn and winter was E. japonicus, whereas those during spring and summer was Larimichthys polyactis. Fishes were the main prey items for all size groups (<15 cm, 15~20 cm, 20~25 cm, ≥25 cm). T. japonicus also showed size-related dietary shift from Spratelloides gracilis and E. japonicus to L. polyactis and T. japonicus. As the anal length of T. japonicus increased, the mean number of preys per stomach (mN/ST) and the mean weight of preys per stomach (mW/ST) tended to increased (One-way ANOVA, P<0.05). Seasonal and size-related shifts in dietary composition were investigated by PERMANOVA analysis, which showed significant variations among size classes and seasons.

• 보건세계
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• v.55 no.5
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• pp.40-43
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• 2008

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.567-577
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• 1996

This study is to estimate population ecological parameters, including growth parameters, survival rates, instantaneous coefficients of natural and fishing mortalities, and age at first capture, as well as growth rates at age of the hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus Linne in Korean waters. For describing the growth of the hairtail, three growth models were fitted, and the von Bertalanffy growth model was adopted for the purpose of the further stock assessment work. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters estimated from a nonlinear regression using EXCEL Solver were $L_\infty=46.01cm$, K=0.3868, and $t_0=-0.3220$. Annual survival rate (S) of the hairtail was estimated to be 0.277 (variance=0.00035) and the instantaneous coefficient of natural mortality (M) was estimated to be 0.441/year. Instantaneous coefficient of fishing mortality (F) for the recent years was calculated as 0.843/year, implying an impact from fishing about two times greater than that of natural mortality. The age at first capture $(t_c)$ was estimated to be 0.787 years, which is much younger age than $50\%$ mature age. Finally, the growth rates at age were estimated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.45-46
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• 2001

제주도 연근해에서는 소형선박으로 수동식 채낚기 어구와 선상 집어등을 사용하여 갈치를 유집하여 어획하고 있으나, 많은 선원, 수입산 냉동미끼, 대출력의 선상 집어등으로 인한 조업경비의 지출이 크고 남획으로 인한 자원의 감소로 고소득을 기대하기 어려운 실정이어서 선상 조업인원을 줄일 수 있는 생력화된 자동식 채낮기 어구개발이 절실하게 요구되고 있다. (중략)