• Title/Summary/Keyword: Apogon cookii

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First Record of the Cook's cardinalfish, Apogon cookii (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from Korea (독도연안에서 채집된 한국미기록 어종 다섯줄얼게비늘 (국명신칭, 동갈돔과) Apogon cookii에 대하여)

  • Myoung, Jung-Goo;Cho, Sun-Hyung;Park, Jeong-Ho;Kim, Jong Man
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.148-150
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    • 2006
  • Two specimens of Apogon cookii of the family Apogonidae were collected from the coastal waters of Dokdo, Korea, and described as the first record from Korea. Specimens were caught by SCUBA diving using scoop net (length 33 cm, depth 63 cm) on October, 1997. The species differs from A. endekataenia in having 5 longitudinal stripes and a small black spot on the base of caudal fin. The new Korean name, "Da-seot-jul-eol-ge-bi-neul" as new Korean name of Apogon cookii.

The Fish Fauna around Dokdo in the East Sea, Korea (독도 주변의 어류상)

  • Myoung, Jung-Goo
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.449-455
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    • 2002
  • The fish fauna was investigated around Dokdo in the East Sea from Oct. 15 to Oct. 16, 1997 and May 12 to 15, 1999 Fishes found in this area were 63 species in 28 families : 58 species of 25 families in autumn (Oct., 1997), and 30 species of 15 families in spring (May, 1999). Apogon cookii and Tripterigion bapturum were unrecorded species in Korea. The 11 species of subtropical fishes including Pomacentridae (4 species) and Apogonidae (3 species) occupied about 20% of the fish fauna in autumn, whereas these subtropical fishes did not occur in spring.