• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.12-16
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• 1999

Four specimens of the odontobutid fish, Odontobutis obscura (Temminck et Schlegel) of the family Odontobutidae were collected for the first time from Koje Island, Kyongsangnam-do, Korea. Odontobutis obscura was easily discriminated from congeners in that this species have no sensory canals at preoperculomandibular and supraorbital pit lines on head and the first band on lateral side of body is extending from the middle of the first dorsal fin. This species distributes in western Japan mainly and Koje island which situates southernmostly in Korean Peninsula. So a new Korean name "Nambangdongsari" is proposed.