• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.249-252
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• 2015

This is the first report of Chaetodontoplus melanosoma, belonging to the family Pomacanthidae, collected in Korea. The specimen (123.1 mm in standard length) was caught in the coastal waters of Jejudo Island by a trammel net on 23 February 2010. This species was characterized by the following morphological traits: 26 dorsal fin rays, 16 pectoral fin rays, 6 pelvic fin, 21 anal fin rays, no blue strips on the body, no markings behind the eye, and an egg-shaped faint black spot on the base of the pectoral fin. We suggest a new Korean name "Geom-eun-cheong-jul-dom" for C. melanosoma.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.274-278
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• 2001

The morphology is described of a post larva of Pomacanthus xanthometopon of the family Pomacanthidae collected in the West Pacific ($26^{\circ}9'N$, $125^{\circ}0'W$) on May 5, 2001. The specimen is moderate to deep bodied and laterally compressed. Body depth is 66.3% of body length at 8.0 mm BL. The body is covered with small spine groups, each composed of two to four spines. The anus located at a vertical through the 8th or 9th dorsal fin spine. There is no strong spine at the angle of the preopercle that appears in the adult stage. Small pigments are spread dorsally on the head, upper trunk and over the membrane of dorsal fin, from the 1st to 11th ray.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.160-171
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• 1994

The lateral line scales of the Labridae fish are ellipse, pentagoanl, or hexagonal, but most of them are the hexagonal type. Those of Ciarrhilabrus temminckii, ellipse, Xyrichtys dea, Choerodon azurio, Semicossyphus reticulatus and Bodianus oxycephalus are pentagonal. The most complex species are Choerodon azurio which is pentagonal, but similar tohexagonal, and Pteragogus flagellifera which is hexagonal, but similar to pentagonal type. The sizes of sensory tubes for the Labroides dimidiatus and Cheilio inermis were larger than the other group and Xyrichtys dea had most narrow one. These varied sizes of sensory tube indicate that development of sensory tube is deeply connected with inhabitation.