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  5. Kei Miyamoto
Okinawa Churashima Foundation RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Research on marine organisms

Research staff profile

Kei Miyamoto

Kei Miyamoto

(Chief Research Scientist)

Area of
expertise		 Ichthyology
Zoological collection management
Research
content		 Taxonomy of fishes
Research on fish fauna

Background

  • 2011-present: Research Scientist at Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Institute
  • 2009: M.Sc. in Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Japan
  • 2007: B.Sc. in Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Japan

Committee Career

  • 2021-prestnt: Member of editorial board of ICHTHY- Natural History of Fishes of Japan

Essays and Reports

  • Oka S, Nozu R, Miyamoto K, Tomita T, Hanahara N, Yamauchi C, Sasai T, Nakamura M. 2022. A trial to control invasive Mozambique tilapia populations using the sterile-male release technique in the artificial ponds on Okinawa. The Biological Magazine Okinawa, 61: 1-12.
  • Miyamoto K, Wada H, Nagasaka T, Takano H, Motomura H, Senou H. 2022. First Japanese records of Antennarius biocellatus (Antennariidae) from Okinawa-jima and Yaku-shima islands. Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan, 22: 9-13. (in Japanese)
  • Mahadevan G, Murugesan P, Sreekanth GB, Miyamoto K, McMahan CD. 2022. First distributional record of Parascolopsis akatamae Miyamoto, McMahan, & Kaneko, 2020, a dwarf monocle bream (Perciformes, Nemipteridae), from Indian waters. Check List 18 (5): 973-977.
  • Fukuchi I, Miyamoto K, Tanaka F, Tachihara K. 2022. First record of Acanthopagrus taiwanensis from Okinawa-jima island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan, 21: 75-79. (in Japanese)
  • Okamoto M, Miyamoto K. 2022. First record of the epigonid fish Epigonus elongatus off the coast of Okinawa Island, Japan. Japan. J. Ichthyol., DOI: 10.11369/jji.21-034.
  • Sasai T, Kino M, Miyamoto K, Okabe H, Maeda Ko, Fukada S, Maeda Ke, Kobayashi N, Kobuchi T, Makabe M, Kawazu I. 2021. Evaluation of Marine Debris Ingestion in Sea Turtles around Okinawa Island, Japan. Marine Turtle Newsletter 163: 21-24.
  • Tomita T, Toda M, Murakumo K, Miyamoto K, Matsumoto R, Ueda K, Sato K. 2021. Volume of the whale shark and their mechanism of vertical feeding. Zoology, 125932.
  • Fukuchi I, Miyamoto K, Tanaka F, Tachihara K. 2021. A record of Amamiichthys matsubarai (Sparidae) from Okinawa-jima island, southern Japan, with notes on its gonad. Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan, 10: 7-12.
  • Tomita T, Nakamura M, Miyamoto K, Nozu R, Toda M, Murakumo K, Sato K. 2021. Clasper pocket: adaptation of a novel morphological feature by lamnoid sharks, which aids with tuna-like swimming. Zoomorphology, doi.org/10.1007/s00435-021-00532-6.
  • Hibino Y, Miyamoto K, Sakurai Y, Kimura S. 2021. Annotated checklist of marine eels (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes) stranded by a serious cold wave in January 2016 in Ryukyu Islands, Japan, including two newly recorded species of Japan. Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist., Ser. A, 19: 13-26. (in Japanese)
  • Miyamoto K, Matsunuma M, Takano H, Hanahara N, Matsuzaki S. 2021. Second record of Minous groeneveldi Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018 (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) based on an aquarium-held individual collected from Okinawa-jima Island, southern Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana. 51-56.
  • Hanahara N, Miyamoto K, Oka S. 2021. Northernmost Record of the Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigros (Teleostei: Acanthuridae) from Minamidaitojima Island, Southern Japan. Species Diversity. 26: 43-47.
  • Oka S, Sasai T, Hanahara N, Miyamoto K, Kobayashi H, Murata N, Maeda K. 2021. Genetic traits of the weatherfish Misgurnus sp. OK on the Okinawa Islands, southern Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana. 59: 57-61. (in Japanese)
  • Kobayashi N, Ozawa S, Hanahara N, Tokutake K, Kaneshi T, Inoue K, Okabe H, Miyamoto K, Ueda K. 2021. The first record of a Longman’s beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus) newborn neonate found on Miyako Island, Okinawa, Japan. Marine Biodiversity Records. 14:4.
  • Kobayashi N, Tokutake K, Yoshida H, Okabe H, Miyamoto K, Ito H, Kawazu I, Ueda K. 2021. The First Stranding Record of Longman’s Beaked Whale (Indopacetus pacificus) in Okinawa, Japan. Aquatic Mammals. 47(2): 153-174.
  • Hanahara N, Miyamoto K, Oka S. 2020. Morphological and genetic identification of formalin-fixed gobioid larvae and description of postflexion larvae of Paragunnellichthys sp. and Ctenogobiops feroculus. Ichthyological Research. in press (online available). doi: 10.1007/s10228-020-00769-z
  • Miyamoto K, McMahan C. D, Kaneko A. 2020. Parascolopsis akatamae, a new species of dwarf monocle bream (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with redescription of closely related species P. eriomma. Zootaxa. 4881(1): 91-103.
  • Oka S, Doi H, Miyamoto K, Hanahara N, Sado T, Miya M. 2020. Environmental DNA metabarcoding for biodiversity monitoring of a highly diverse tropical fish community in a coral reef lagoon: Estimation of species richness and detection of habitat segregation. Environmental DNA. in press (online available). doi: 10.1002/edn3.132
  • Oka S, Nakamura M, Nozu R, Miyamoto K. 2020. First observation of larval oarfish, Regalecus russelii, from fertilized eggs through hatching, following artificial insemination in captivity. Zoological letters. 6: 1-6. doi: 10.1186/s40851-020-00156-6
  • Tomita T, Murakumo K, Komoto S, Dove A, Kino M, Miyamoto K, Toda M. 2020. Armored eyes of the whale shark. PLOS ONE. 15: e0235342.
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0235342
  • Wada H, Fukuchi I, Miyamoto K, Tachihara K, Motomura H. 2020. First records of Plectranthias maekawa (Serranidae: Anthiadinae) from Okinawa Prefecture,southern Japan, with an assessment of its diagnostic characters. TAXA, Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology. 49: 67-73. (in Japanese)
  • Fujiwara K, Miyamoto K, Motomura H. 2019. First Okinawa record of Plectranthias sheni (Serranidae) from Yonaguni-jima island in the Yaeyama Islands, Japan. Nature of Kagoshima. 45: 255-257. (in Japanese)
  • Kawazu I, Fukada S, Okabe H, Maeda K, Kino M, Maeda K, Miyamoto K, Omata M, Kobuchi T, Makabe M. 2019. Comparison of the emergence success between wild and captive loggerhead turtles. Umigame Newsletter of Japan. 108: 2-5. (in Japanese)
  • Miyamoto K, Nagata F, Takaoka H, Yanagisawa M, Hanahara N. 2018. First Japanese record of Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Archipelago. Fauna Ryukyuana. 46: 35-40. (in Japanese)
  • Nakayama N, Takaoka H, Miyamoto K. 2018. First Record of the Grenadier Coelorinchus sheni (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Japan. Species Diversity. 23: 121-127.
  • Tomita T, Toda M, Miyamoto K, Oka S, Ueda K, Sato K. 2018. Development of the lunate-shaped caudal fin in white shark embryos. The Anatomical Record. 301(6): 1068-1073.
  • Tomita T, Toda M, Miyamoto K, Ueda K, Nakaya K. 2018. Morphology of a hidden tube: Resin injection and CT scanning reveal the three-dimensional structure of the spiracle in the Japanese bullhead shark Heterodontus japonicas (Chondrichthyes; Heterodontiformes; Heterodontidae). The Anatomical Record. 301(8): 1336-1341.
  • Tomita T, Toma H, Murakumo K, Yanagisawa M, Yano N, Oka S, Miyamoto K, Hanahara N, Sato K. 2018. Captive Birth of Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Revealed the Shift of Respiratory Mode Across Parturition. Copeia. 106(2): 292-296.
  • Miyamoto K, Oka S, Yonamine H, Agarie S, Genba H, Hanahara N. 2017. A high-density habitat and genetic characteristics of the Oriental weatherfish, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, and the Asian swamp eel, Monopterus albus, found in Nago City, Okinawa-jima Island, southwestern Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 34: 15-20. (in Japanese)
  • Ohashi S, Miyamoto K. 2017. Report of an additional specimen of two-spot cusk Neobythites bimaculatus from Japan with a variation in ocelli patterns. Bull. Fish. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. 67(2): 13-16.
  • Shimose T, Akita Y, Ohta I, Miyamoto K. 2017. Biological aspects and stock status of Bolbometopon muricatum (Perciformes: Scaridae). Biol. Mag. Okinawa 55: 47-57. (in Japanese)
  • Tashiro F, Hibino Y, Miyamoto K. 2017. First Records of the Rare Snake Eel Ophichthus exourus (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Northern Hemisphere. Species Diversity. 22: 213-217.
  • Tomita T, Nozu R, Nakamura M, Matsuzaki S, Miyamoto K, Sato K. 2017. Live-bearing without placenta: Physical estimation indicates the high oxygen-supplying ability of white shark uterus to the embryo. Scientific Reports. 7:11744. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11973-9
  • Oka S, Miyamoto K, Matsuzaki S. 2016. Long-term sedentary behavior of coconut crab in their northernmost range. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology. 4: 174-178.
  • Oka S, Miyamoto K, Tokutake K, Nagata S, Yamazaki K. 2016. The nature outreach using the wild coconut crab resource in Ocean Expo Park, Okinawa, Japan. Environmental Education, 26: 78-84. (in Japanese)
  • Oka S, Tomita T, Miyamoto K. 2016. A mighty claw: Pinching force of the coconut crab, the largest terrestrial crustacean. PLOS ONE. 11(11): e0166108. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166108.
  • Sato K, Nakamura M, Tomita T, Toda M, Miyamoto K, Nozu R. 2016. How great white sharks nourish their embryos to a large size: evidence of lipid histotrophy in lamnoid shark reproduction. Biology. Open 2016 5: 1211-1215; doi: 10.1242/bio.017939
  • Tomita T. Miyamoto K, Kawaguchi A, Toda M, Oka S, Nozu R, Sato K. 2016. Dental ontogeny of a white shark embryo. Journal of Morphology. 278(2): 215-227. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20630.
  • Miyamoto K, Nonaka A, Oka S. 2015. Northernmost record of a poorly known tuskfish, Choerodon margaritiferus (Perciformes: Labridae), from southern Japan, and first description of a female. Zootaxa, 4007 (1): 82-90.
  • Miyazato S, Umemoto H, Fukukawa Y, Miyamoto K, Kawazu I. 2015. Confirmation of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) ingesting porcupine fish (Diodon sp.) Umigame Newsletter of Japan, 101: 2-4. (in Japanese)
  • Oka S. Miyamoto K. 2015. Pelagic juvenile of Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Flower & Ball, 1924 (Perciformes, Pomacentridae, Stegastinae) identified from morphometric and genetic evidence. Fauna Ryukyuana. 20:1-6.
  • Oka S, Miyamoto K. 2015. Reproductive biology and growth of bluestripe herring Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837) in the northernmost waters. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 31: 709-713.
  • Oka S, Miyamoto K, Matsuzaki S, Sato T. 2015. Growth of the coconut crab, Birgus latro, at its northernmost range estimated from mark-recapture using individual identification based on carapace grooving patterns. Zoological Science. 32: 260-265
  • Tomita T, Murakumo K, Miyamoto K, Sato K, Oka S, Kamisako H, Toda M. 2015. Eye retraction in the giant guitarfish, Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea): a novel mechanism for eye protection in batoid fishes. Zoology. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2015.09.004
  • Miyamoto K, Oka S. 2014. Occurrence of Gerres macracanthus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 17: 1-6 (in Japanese)
  • Oka S, Matsuzaki S, Miyamoto K. 2014. Current status of the coconut crab, Birgus latro (Anomura: Coenobitidae) in Ocean Expo Park, Okinawa-jima Island, southwestern Japan. Biological Magazine Okinawa 52: 11-19. (in Japanese)
  • Oka S, Miyamoto K. 2014. Larvae and juvenile fishes collected by light-trap sampling at Shinzato Port, Okinawa Island southern Japan, Fauna Ryukyuana, 16: 1-11. (in Japanese)
  • Miyamoto K, Wada M, Tanaka F, Kimura S, Iwatsuki Y. 2011. First record of a carangid fish, Selar boops, from Japan. TAXA, proceeding of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 31: 19-22. (in Japanese)
  • Iwatsuki Y, Miyamoto K, Nakaya K. 2011. A review of the genus Platyrhina (Chondrichthys: Platyrhinidae) from the northwestern Pacific, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa. 2738: 26-40.

Books

  • 佐藤圭一（執筆・監修）・金子篤史・高岡博子・東地拓生・宮本　圭・比嘉俊輝・中島遥香（執筆）．2023．美ら海トワイライトゾーン　知られざる深海生物のワンダーランド．産業編集センター．

Affiliated academic society

  • The Ichthyological Society of Japan
  • Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

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