Deveximentum Fowler, 1904

Miki, Ryohei, Murase, Atsunobu & Wada, Masaaki, 2018, A checklist of ponyfishes (Teleostei, Leiognathidae) from Miyazaki Prefecture, east coast of Kyushu, southern Japan, with range extensions of three tropical species, Check List 14 (1), pp. 243-255 : 245

Genus Deveximentum Fowler, 1904

Deveximentum indicium ( Monkolprasit, 1973) : Figure 2A, B Secutor indicius Monkolprasit 1973: 14 — Woodland et al. 2001: 2819;

Kimura et al. 2008a: 111; Kimura 2011: 115; Senou 2013: 901;

Fujiwara and Motomura 2016: 199. Deveximentum indicium — Kottelat 2013: 337; Kimura 2017: 121.

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the following combination of characters: mouth protruding upwards; small slender teeth on both jaws; cheek completely naked; 15–22 irregular vertical dark markings consisting of dots and dashes dorsolaterally on body ( Senou 2013).

Distribution. Deveximentum indicium is known from Japan, Taiwan, South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Gulf of Thailand. In Japanese waters, this species is known from the coast of Konan City of Kochi Prefecture, northern and southern coasts of Miyazaki Prefecture, Uchinoura Bay (Pacific coast), and the coast of Minami-satsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture (East China Sea) ( Fig. 1, Table 1: Kimura et al. 2008a, Endo 2012, Senou 2013, Fujiwara and Motomura 2016, this study).

Remarks. Although Deveximentum indicium was first reported from Japan by Kimura et al. (2008a as Secutor indicius ) from Uchinoura Bay, south-eastern Kyushu, 245 specimens (29.0– 105.4 mm SL) of the species were collected from the coasts of Miyazaki Prefecture throughout the present survey period. In addition to the large number of specimens, a wide range of sizes were observed. This species is known to attain about 100 mm SL ( Kimura 2011), and therefore individuals from Miyazaki Prefecture are large enough to be mature. Furthermore, the largest specimen in this study (KPM-NI 42096, 105.4 mm SL) represents the maximum size from literature records in Japan.