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Abstract
Parapercis bicoloripes Prokofiev, 2010 , previously known only from waters off Vietnam, is recorded from the northern Gulf of Thailand, the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, northern Borneo, and Panay, Philippines. Detailed examination of 27specimens (66.1–136.0 mm standard length) revealed significant growth-related changes in several body proportions and coloration. In addition, 11 specimens (44.2–74.1 mm standard length) of Parapercis diplospilus Gomon, 1981 , previously recorded from Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, are reported for the first time from the Gulf of Thailand and off Terengganu State, Malaysia, east coast of the Malay Peninsula.
We are deeply grateful to P. Musikasinthorn, S. Ratmuangkhwang, P. Sreesamran, S. Arbsuwan, S. Ekajit, and N. Ngamtampong (Kasetsart University, Bangkok); N. Muto (formerly Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto); K. Koeda, T. Yoshida, H. Hata, K. Eguchi, and A. Yoshiura (KAUM); staff of the South China Sea Repository and Reference Center, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, and the School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu; and U. Alama and other staff of UPVM for their generous assistance. We also gratefully thank K. Sasaki, H. Endo, T. Naito and M. Sato (BSKU); N. Nakayama and R. Asaoka (formerly BSKU); K. Matsuura, G. Shinohara, M. Nakae, E. Katayama, and K. Kuriiwa (NSMT); and S. Chiba (formerly NSMT) for their kind hospitality during the first author's visit to their institutions; H. Endo for providing a photograph of P. ommatura; and students and volunteers of KAUM for curatorial assistance. G. Hardy (Ngunguru, New Zealand) read the manuscript and provided help with English. This study was conducted under a Memorandum of Agreement for joint research made by and among the Department of Agriculture of the Republic of the Philippines (DA), the University of the Philippines-Visayas (UPV), the Kagoshima University Museum, the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, and Tokai University, facilitated by S. L. Sanchez [Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), DA]. P. J. Alcala (DA) providing a Prior Informed Consent Certificate and I. P. Cabacaba and S. M. S. Nolasco (BFAR, DA) providing a fish specimen Export Certificate (No. 2016–39812). We thank the staff of Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension, UPV, UPV Museum of Natural Sciences, College of Fisheries, UPV, including S. S. Garibay, U. B. Alama, V. G. Urbina, L. H. Mooc, C. J. N. Rubido, E. P. Abunal, A. M. T. Guzman, R. S. Cruz, A. C. Gaje, and R. F. M. Traifalgar, and graduate students of College of Fish-eries, UPV for their support to this research collaboration. This study was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP26241027, JP24370041, JP23580259, and JP26450265; a JSPS Fellow grant (PD: 16J00047); the JSPS Core-to-Core Program, “Research and Education Network on Southeast Asian Coastal Ecosystems”; the “Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia Project” of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; the “Biological Properties of Biodiversity Hotspots in Japan” project of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan; and the “Establishment of Research and Education Network on Biodiversity and Its Conservation in the Satsunan Islands” project of Kagoshima University adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
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