First record of sharpbeak terapon Rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus (Centrarchiformes: Terapontidae) in the Russian waters of the Japan Sea

Abstract

The first record of sharpbeak terapon Rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus in the waters of the Russian Federation. This species was known at the coast of Japan, but was not recorded previously in the northwestern Japan Sea.

Keywords

• sharpbeak terapon
• rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus
• terapontidae
• japan sea
• ussuri bay
• peter the great bay
• sukhodol river