Yukio IWATSUKI, PhD, Professor
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  3. Professional Society Memberships
  4. Teaching
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  7. Journals for non-referee system
  8. Notes
  9. Presentations and Lectures
  10. Academic activities
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	Yukio IWATSUKI, PhD, Professor Phone: +81-985-58-7222 FAX: +81-985-58-2884 e-mail: yukcc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp

Graduation
Mar. 1983 Dept. of Aquaculture, Fac. of Agriculture, Miyazaki Univ.
Mar. 1985 Graduate School (Fisheries) of Agriculture, Miyazaki Univ.
（Aug. 1984-Jul. 1985 The Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science(RSMAS), Marine Biology and Fisheries, Univ. of Miami, FL, USA）
Mar. 1988 Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, Fac. of Agriculture, Univ. of Tokyo

Work Experience
Jul. 1989 Assistant Professor, Fac. Agriculture, Miyazaki Univ.
Dec. 1993 Associate Prof., Fac. of Agriculture, Miyazaki Univ.
Sept. 2000 Professor, Fac. of Agriculture, Univ. of Miyazaki
Apr. 2009 Continued (Professor, University of Miyazaki)

Mar. 1988　Ph. D. (Doctor of Agriculture, Fisheries Science)
(Thesis：Ecological studies of eggs and ichthyoplankton in the vicinity of Siome)
(The University of Tokyo: Hakunoudai 1023)

The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
The Ichthyological Society of Japan
Japanese Society for Aquaculture Research
The Oceanographic Society of Japan
Jananese Society of Fisheries Oceanography
American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Undergraduate:
・Ichthyology
・Atmosperic and Basic Ecology
・Aquatic Fisheries Resources
・General Fisheries
・Professional English in Reading and Understanding
・Experiment of Taxonomy and Identification
・Biological and Atmosperic Training
・Museum Training for curator

Graduation:
・Biological Resources
・Specilal Seminar of Fisheries Sciences

Book

1. Oozeki, Y., T. Ono, H. Hirakawa, Y. Iwatsuki and R. Hirano. 1987.　 Occurrence and migration of stone flounder larvae in Matsukawaura, Fukushima Prefecture. Suisanzoshoku, 35(2): (In Japanese with English abstract.)
2. Akazaki, M. and Y. Iwtsuki　1987 Classification of the lutjanid fish genus Pristipomoides (Percoidei) Japan. J. Ichthyol., 34(3): 324-333.
3. Iwatsuki, Y., H. Senou and T. Suzuki. 1989. A record of the lutjanid fish, Lutjanus ehrenbergii, from Japan with reference to its related species. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 34(3): 324-333.
4. Iwatsuki, Y., H. Nakata and R. Hirano. 1989. The thermohaline front in relation to fish larvae. Rapp. P.-v. Reun. Cons. int. Explor. Mer., (191): 119-126
5. Yanagi, T., T. Saino, T. Ishimaru, H. Nakata and Y. Iwatsuki. Interdisciplinary study on the thermohaline front at the mouth of Tokyo Bay in winter. 1991. J. Mar. Sys., (1): 373-381.
6. Hamamoto, S., S. Kumagai, K. Nosaka, S. Manabe, A. Kasuga and Y. Iwatsuki. 1992. Reproductive behavior, eggs and larvae of a lutjanid fish, Lutjanus stellatus, observed in an aquarium. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 39(3): 219-228.
7. Iwatsuki, Y., M. Akazaki and T. Yoshino. 1993. Validity of a lutjanid fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker) with a related species, L. vitta (Quoy and Gaimard). Japan. J. Ichthyol., 40(1): 301-313.
8. Iwatsuki, Y., K. Tashiro and T. Hamasaki. 1993. Distribution and fluctuations in occurrence of a Japanese centropomid fish, Lates japonicas. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 40(3): 327-332.
9. Iwatsuki, Y. and S. Kimura. 1994.2. Timor snapper, Lutjanus timorensis (Quoy and Gaimard), collected from Japanese waters. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 40(4): 475-477.
10. Endo, M., K. Uehara and Y. Iwatsuki. 1994.5. Body anomalies due to spinal curvature in two species of snappers Lutjanus stellatus and L. russelli from the coast off Miyazaki, southern Japan. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 41(1): 76-79.
11. Yokoyama, K., Y. Kamei, M. Toda, K. Hirano and Y. Iwatsuki. 1994.11. Reproductive behavior, eggs and larvae of a caesione fish, Pterocaesio digramma, observed in an aquarium. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 41(3): 261-274.
12. Iwatsuki, Y., T. Yoshino, D. Golani and T. Kanda. The validity of the haemulid fish Pomadasys quadrilineatus Shen and Lin, 1984 with the designation of the neotype of Pomadasys stridens (Forrska*l, 1775). 1995.2. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 41(4): 455-461.
13. Tashio, K. and Y. Iwatsuki. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi, 61(5): 684-688. (In Japanese with English abstract)
14. Yokoyama, K., Y. Kamei, M. Toda, K. Hirano and Y. Iwatsuki. Reproductive behavior, eggs and larvae of a caesionine fish, Caesio caerulaurea, observed in an aquarium.1995.11. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 41(3): 261-274.
15. Iwatsuki, Y. and S. Kimura. 1996.2. First Record of the Carangid Fish, Alepes djedaba (Forsskal) from Japanese Waters. Ichthyol. Res., 43(1): 182-185.
16. Hirano, K., Iwatsuki, Y., F. Mimura, Y. Yagi and N. Oda. 1996.3. Time of upstream migration of Ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis, in the Gokase River. Suisanzoshoku, 44(1): 1-6. (In Japanese with English abstract).
17. Hirano, K., Y. Iwatsuki, J. Yasumoto, N. Oda, F. Mimura and Y. Yagi. 1996.6. Comparison between hatchery-read Ayu and wild Ayu for upstreaming through a fishway in the Gokase River. Suisanzoshoku, 44(2): 147-150. (In Japanese with English abstract)
18. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura, H. Kishimoto and T. Yoshino.　 Validity of the gerreid fish, Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854, with designation of a lectotype, and designation of the neotype of G. filamentosus Cuvier, 1829. 1996.11. Ichthyol. Res., 43(4): 417-429.
19. Iwatsuki, Y. and S. Kimura. 1997.2. Gerres methueni Regan, 1920, a senior synonym of G. rappi (Barnard, 1927) (Pisces: Gerreidae). Ichthyol. Res., 43(1): 1-7.
20. Iwatsuki, Y., O. Sakuragi, T. Yamashita and S. Kimura. 1997.11. Records of Priacanthus blochii and P. fitchi from southern Japan. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 44(2): 101-106. (In Japanese.)
21. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 1998.2. Redescription of Gerres erythrourus (Bloch, 1791), a senior synonym of G. abbreviatus Bleeker, 1850 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gerreidae). Copeia, 1998(1): 165-172.
22. Iwatsuki, Y. and S. Kimura. A new species, Gerres infasciatus sp. nov. from the Gulf of Thailand (Perciformes: Gerreidae). 1998.2. Ichthyol. Res., 45(1): 79-84.
23. Okazaki, Y., H. Nakata and Y. Iwatsuki. 1998.4. Distribution and food availability of fish larvae in the vicinity of a thermohaline front at the entrance of Ise Bay. 1998.4. Fish. Sci., 64(2): 228-234.
24. Kimura, S., Y. Iwatsuki and J. Kojima. 1998.5. Descriptions of juvenile leatherjackets, Scomberoides lysan and S. tol (Pisces: Carangidae). Copeia, 1998(2): 510-515.
25. Iwatsuki, Y., H. Kohno and H. Ida. 1998.5. Redescription of a poorly-known haemulid fish, Pomadasys unimaculatus Tian, 1982 from Malaysia and comparison with P. maculatus (Bloch, 1797)　(Perciformes: Haemulidae). Ichthyol. Res., 45(2): 195-200.
26. Yamashita, T., S. Kimura and Y. Iwatsuki. 1998.8. Validity of the leiognathid fish, Gazza dentex (Valenciennes, 1835), with designation of a lectotype, and redescription of G. minuta (Bloch, 1795). Ichthyol. Res., 45(3): 271-280.
27. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, T. Yoshino, S. Kimura and O. Inamura. 1998.11. A record of a carangid fish, Scomberoides commersonnianus from Japan (Perciformes: Carangidae). Japan. J. Ichthyol., 45(2): 101-105 (In Japanese with English abstract.).
28. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 1999.2. A new species of Gerres chrysops from Thailand and two redescriptions of G. setifer and G. decacanthus on the Gerres setifer complex (Perciformes: Gerreidae) . Ichthyol. Res., 46(1): 27-41.
29. Miyanohara, M., Y. Iwatsuki and M. Sakai . 1999.3. Analysis of the Okinawa and Miyazaki populations of the Common silver-biddy, Gerres oyena, using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique. Fish. Sci., 65(2): 177-181.
30. Kimura, S., T. Sado, Y. Iwatsuki and T. Yoshino. 1999.5. Record of a engraulid fish, Stolephorus commersonii from Ishigaki I., southern Japan. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 46(1): 45-50. (In Japanese with English abstract)
31. Iwatsuki, Y., T. Yoshino and S. Kimura. 1999.5．A holocentrid fish, Sargocentron praslin from Japan (Perciformes; Holocentridae). Japan. J. Ichthyol., 46(1): 51-55. (In Japanese with English abstract)
32. Motomuta, H., Y. Iwatsuki, S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 1999.5．A record of a polynemid fish, Polydactylus sextarius, from southern Japan (Perciformes: Polynemidae). Japan. J. Ichthyol., 46(1): 57-61. (In Japanese with English abstract.).
33. Y. Iwatsuki, Y., T. Yoshino & K. Shimada．1999.8. Record of a lutjanid fish, Lutjanus bengalensis (Perciformes: Lutjanifae) from the western Pacific Ichthyol. Res., 46(3): 314-317.
34. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 1999.11. Redescriptions of Gerres baconensis (Evermann and Seale, 1907) and G. equulus Schlegel, 1844 in the G. oyena Complex (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gerreidae). Ichthyol. Res., 46(4): 377-395.
35. Iwatsuki, Y. U. Satapoomin, and K. Amaoka. 2000.2. New Species, Hapalogenys merguiensis, from Andaman Sea (Teleostei: Perciformes). Copeia 2000(1): 129-139.
36. Kimura, S., T. Yamashita and Y. Iwatsuki. 2000.2. A new species, Gazza rhombea, from the Indo-West Pacific, with a redescription of G. achlamys, Jordan & Starks, 1917 (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyol. Res., 47(1): 1-12.
37. Yamashita, T., S. Kimura, Y. Iwatsuki and T. Yoshino. 2000.5. Record of a leiognathid fish, Secutor megalolepis, from Japan (Perciformes). Japan. J. Ichthyol., 47(1): 49-54. (In Japanese with English abstract)
38. Nagano, N., Y. Iwatsuki, T. Kamiyama, H. Shimizu, H. Nakata.　 2000.8. Ciliated protozoans as food for first-feeding larval grouper, Epinephelus septemfasciatus : laboratory experimentreared with ciliated protozoans. Plankton Biol.Ecol., 47(2): 93-99.
39. Nagano, N., Y. Iwatsuki, T. Kamiyama, H. Nakataki, H. Nakata. 2000.8. Effects of marine ciliates on survivability of the first-feeding larval surgeonfish, Paracanthusrus hepatus: laboratory rearing experiment. Hydrobiologia (432): 149-157.
40. Iwatsuki, Y., H. Motomura, S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 2000.11. A holocentrid fish, Myripristis robusta from Japan (Beryciformes: Holocentridae). Japan. J. Ichthyol., 47(2): 131-134. (In Japanese with English abstract)
41. Iwatsuki, Y., H. Motomura, M. Toda, S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 2000.11. First record of a carangid fish, Trachurus mookalee from Japan (Perciformes: Carangidae). Japan. J. Ichthyol., 47(2): 135-138. (In Japanese with English abstract.).
42. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, S. Kimura, T. Yoshino. 2000.11. Redescription of Polydactylus macrochir (Gu"nther, 1867), a senior synonym of P. sheridani (Macleay, 1884)(Perciformes: Polynemidae). Ichthyol. Res., 47(4): 327-333.
43. Iwatsuki, Y., H.-J. Paepke, S. Kimura, T. Yoshino. 2000.11. A poorly known haemulid fish, Hapalogenys meyenii Peters, 1866, a junior synonym of Parapristipoma. trilineatum (Thunberg, 1793). Ichthyol. Res., 47(4): 393-396.
44. Nagano, N., Y. Iwatsuki, Y. Okazaki and H. Nakata.　2001.1. Feeding strategy of Japanese sand lance larvae in relation to ciliated protozoa in the vicinity of a thermohaline front.　2001.2. Jour. Oceanogr.,57(2): 155-163．
45. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino.　 2001.2. A new species of Gerres from the southern Malayan Peninsula, belonging to the G. setifer complex (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gerreidae). Copeia, 2001(1): 164-168.
46. Motomura, H. and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.2.　A new genus, Leptomelanosoma, for the polynemid fish previously known as Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804) and a redescription of the species. Ichthyol. Res., 48 (1): 13-21.
47. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, S. Kimura. 2001.2. Redescription of Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831), a senior synonym of P. kuru (Bleeker, 1853) with designation of a lectotype (Perciformes: Polynemidae). Ichthyol. Res., 48 (1): 83-89.
48. Motomura, H., H. Senou and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.5. A record of a threadfin, Eleutheronema tetradactylum, from Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, and description of a newly-recognized diagnostic character for the species (Perciformes: Polynemidae). Japan. J. Ichthyol., 48(1): 41-47. (In Japanese with English abstract)
49. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, T. Yoshino． 2001.5．A new species, Polydactylus siamensis, from Thailand and redescription of P. plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) with designation of a neotype (Perciformes: Polynemidae)．Ichthyol. Res., 48(2): 117-126.
50. Kimura, S., Y. Iwatsuki and T. Yoshino. 2001.5. Redescriptions of the Indo-West Pacific atherinid fishes, Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825). Ichthyol. Res., 48(2): 167-178.
51. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, S. Kimura. 2001.5. A poorly known polynemid fish, Polynemus astrolabi Sauvage, 1881, a junior synonym of Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch, 1795). Ichthyol. Res., 48(2): 197-202.
52. Motomura, H., B. V. Seshagiri Rao, B. Ratnamala, Y. Iwatsuki, 2001.5. Polydactylus konadaensis Mishra and Krishnan, 1993, a junior synonym of Filimanus xanthonema (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831) (Perciformes: Polynemidae). Ichthyol. Res., 48(2): 203-206.
53. Motomura, H., M. J. P. van Oijen, I. J. H. Isbru"cker, Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.8. Redescription of a rare threadfin (Perciformes: Polynemidae), Polydactylus macrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858), with designation of a lectotype and notes on distributional implications. Ichthyol. Res., 48 (3): 289-294.
54. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino.2001.8. Gerres limbatus Cuvier and G. lucidus Cuvier from the Indo-Malay Archipelagos, the latter corresponding to young of the former (Perciformes: Gerreidae). Ichthyol. Res., 48(3): 307-314.
55. Motomura, H., S. Kimura, Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.8. Polydactylus bifurcus, a new species of threadfin from Lombok Island, Indonesia (Perciformes: Polynemidae). Ichthyol. Res., 48(3): 289-294.
56. Motomura, H., A. I. Burhanuddin, S. Kimura, Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.8. Fresh color notes for Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 from the west coast of India (Perciformes: Priacanthidae). Biogeography, 3: 77-81.
57. Motomura, H., S. Kimura, Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.8. Distributional range extension of a clupeid fish, Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829), in southern Japan (Teleostei: Clupeiformes). Biogeography, 3: 83-87.
58. Motomura, H., E. Mikschi and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.8. Galeoides Gu"nther, 1860, a monotypic genus of the family Polynemidae (Perciformes). Cybium, 25(3): 269-272.
59. Motomura, H. and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.11. Review of Polydactylus species (Perciformes: Polynemidae) characterised by a large black anterior lateral line spot, with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyol. Res., 48 (4): 337−354.
60. Kimura, S., Y. Iwatsuki and T. Yoshino..2001.11. Validity of the atherinid fish, Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825), with comments on its synonymy. Ichthyol. Res., 48(4), 379-384.
61. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino..2001.12. Redescription of Gerres longirostris (Lacepede, 1801) and Gerres oblongus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830, included in the Gerres longirostris complex (Perciformes: Gerreidae). Copeia, 2001(4): 945-965.
62. Iwatsuki, Y. and P. C. Heemstra. 2001.12. Gerres phaiya: a new species of gerreid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gerreidae) from India, with comments on Gerres poieti and the Gerres erythrourus complex. Copeia, 2001(4): 1043-1049.
63. Motomura, H., M. Okamoto and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.12. Description of a new species of threadfin (Teleostei: Perciformes: Polynemidae), Polydactylus longipes, from Mindanao Island, Philippines. Copeia, 2001 (4): 1087-1092.
64. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, S. Kimura and T. Yoshino．2002.2. Revision of the Indo-West Pacific polynemid fish genus Eleutheronema (Teleostei:Perciformes)． Ichthyol. Res., 49 (1): 47-61.
65. Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S., and T. Yoshino. 2002.5. A new species: Gerres microphthalmus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from Japan with notes on limited distribution, included in the G. filamentosus complex. Ichthyol. Res., 49 (2): 133-139.
66. Burhanuddin, I. A., Y. Iwatsuki, T. Yohino and S. Kimura. 2002.8. Small and valid species of Trichiurus brevis Wang and You, 1992 and T. russelli Duttand Thankam, 1966, defined as the "T. russelli complex" (Perciformes: Trichiuridae). Ichthyol. Res., 49 (3): 211-223.
67. Kimura, S., Y. Iwatsuki and T. Yoshino. 2002.8. A new silverside, Atherinomorus aetholepis sp. Nov., from the West Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae). Ichthyol. Res., 49(3): 240-244.
68. Motomura, H., J. W. Johnson and Y. Iwatsuki. 2002.9. A taxonomic assessment and redescription of Polydactylus multiradiatus (Gu"nther, 1860), with a synopsis of other Australian species in the genus (Perciformes: Polynemidae). Australian J. Zool., 50 (3): 267-279.
69. Motomura, H., O. Kullander, T. Yoshino and Y. Iwatsuki. 2002.11. Review of seven-spined Polynemus species (Perciformes: Polynemidae) with designation of a neotype for P. paradiseus Linnaeus, 1758. Ichthyol. Res., 49(4): 307-317.
70. Motomura, H., S. Kimura and Y. Iwatsuki. 2002.11. Revision of the threadfin genus Polydactylus (Perciformes: Polynemidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Ichthyol. Res., 49(4): 358-366.
71. Burhanuddin, I. A. and Y. Iwatsuki. 2003.2. New genus and species (Perciformes: Trichiuridae) of hairtail from New Guinea. Ichthyol. Res., 50(1): 23-29.
72. Torii, A., A. S. Harold, T. Ozawa, and Y. Iwatsuki. 2003.5. Redescription of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson, 1840 (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae). Ichthyol. Res. 50 (2): 129-139.
73. Burhanuddin, I. A. and Y. Iwatsuki. 2003.8. New trichiurid species, Trichiurus nikolensis, belonging to the “T. russelli complex” (Perciformes: Trichiuridae). Ichthyol. Res., 50(3): 270-275.
74. Hidaka, K., H. Kishimoto and Y. Iwatsuki. 2004.5. A record of an albulid fish, Albula glossodonta, from Japan (Albuliformes: Albulidae). Japan. J. Ichthyol. 51(1): 61- 66.
75. Iwatsuki, Y., D. Kambayashi, S. mikuni and T. Yoshino. 2004.12. A record of a lutjanid fish, Pinjalo pinjalo, from the Japanese waters (Perciformes: Lutjanidae). Japan. J. Ichthyol. 51(2): 163-167.
76. Chakraborty , A. I. Burhanuddin and Y. Iwatsuki. 2005.5. A new species, Trichiurus australis (Perciformes: Trichiuridae), from Australia. Ichthyol. Res. 52(2):165-170.
77. Kimura, S, Takahiro Ito, T. Peristiwady , Y. Iwatsuki , T. Yoshino and P. V. Dunlap. 2005.8. The Leiognathus splendens complex (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) with the description of a new species, Leiognathus kupanensis Kimura and Peristiwady. .Ichthyol. Res. 52(3): 275 - 291.
78. Iwatsuki, Y. and T. Nakabo. 2005.12. Redescriptin of Hapalogenys sennin from the Indo-Western Pacific. Copeia 2005(4): xxx-xxx.
79. Chakraborty, A., F. Aranishi and Y. Iwatsuki. 2005.12. Molecular identification of hairtail species (Pisces: Trichiuridae) based on PCR-RFLP analysis of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. Journal of Applied Genetics 46(4): 381-385.
80. Chakraborty, A., M. Sakai and Y. Iwatsuki. 2006.1. Museum fish specimens and molecular taxonomy: a comparative study on DNA extraction protocols and preservation techniques. J. of Applied Ichthyology, 22(2006): 160-166.
81. Chakraborty, A., Martien J.P. van Oijen, K.K.P. Lim and Y. Iwatsuki. 2006.2. Lepturacanthus roelandti (Bleeker 1860), a valid species of hairtail (Perciformes: Trichiuridae). Ichthyological Research 53 (1): 41-46.
82. Chakraborty, A., F. Aranishi and Y. Iwatsuki. 2006.2. Genetic differences among three species of the genus Trichiurus (Perciformes: Trichiuridae) based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. Ichthyological Research 53 (1): 93-96.
83. Chakraborty, A., M. N. Venugopal, K. Hidaka and Y. Iwatsuki.　2006.5. Genetic differentiation between two color morphs of Gerres erythrourus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from the Indo-Pacific region. Ichthyological Research 53 (2): 93-96.
84. Chakraborty, A., T. Yoshino and Y. Iwatsuki. 2006.5. A new species of scabbard fish Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus (Perciformes: Trichiuridae) from Okinawa, Japan. Ichthyological Research 53 (2): 93-96.
85. Fukuhara, T., A. Chakraborty and Y. Iwatsuki. 2006.5. Gerres infasciatus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from the Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Research 53 (2): 132-142.
86. Chakraborty, A., F. Aranishi and Y. Iwatsuki. 2006.7. Genetic differentiation of Trichiurus japonicus and T. lepturus (Perciformes: Trichiuridae) based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. Zoological Studies, 45(3): 419-427.
87. Chakraborty, A., F. Aranishi and Y. Iwatsuki. 2006.7. Genetic variation at the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene among Trichiurus lepturus (Teleostei: Trichiuridae) from various localities: Evidence of a new species from West coast of Africa. Hydrobiologia, 563: 501-513.
88. Iwatsuki.、Y. and K. Carpenter. 2006.8. Acanthopagrus taiwanensis, a new sparid fish (Perciformes), with comparisons to Acanthopagrus berda (Forsska*l, 1775) and other nominal species of Acanthopagrus. Zootaxa (1202): 1-19.
89. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 2006.11. A new sparid, Acanthopagrus akazakii from New Caledonia with notes on A. berda (Forrskal, 1775). Ichthyological Research 53 (4): 406-414..
90. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 2006.12. A new sparid, Acanthopagrus akazakii from New Caledonia with notes on A. berda (Forrskal, 1775).Ichthyol. Res. 53(4):406-414.
91. Iwatsuki, Y. and B. C. Russell. 2006.12. Revision of the genus Hapalogenys (Teleostei: Perciformes) with two new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Memoirs of National Museum of Victoria, 63(1): 29-43.
92. Iwatsuki, Y., The late M. Akazaki and N. Taniguchi. 2006.12. Review of the genus Dentex (Perciformes: Sparidae) in the western Pacific with the description of a new species, Dentex abei, defined as the D. hypselosomus complex and a redescription of Evynnis tumifrons. Bull. Natl. Sci. Se. A., Suppl.: 29-49.
93. Iwatsuki, Y. and P. C. Heemstra. 2007.12. A New Gerreid Fish Species and Redescription of Gerres maldivensis Regan, 1902 from the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Gerreidae). Copeia 2007(1): 85-92.
94. Kimura, S., D. Golani, Y. Iwatsuki, M. Tabuchi and T. Yoshino. 2007.5. Redescriptions of the Indo-Pacific atherinid fishes Atherinomorus forskalii, Atherinomorus lacunosus, and Atherinomorus pinguis. Ichthyol. Res., 54 (2): 145-159.
95. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 2007.5. A review of the Gerres subfasciatus complex from the Indo-West Pacific, with three new species (Perciformes: Gerreidae). Ichthyol. Res., 54(2): 168-185.
96. Hidaka, K., Y. Iwatsuki, and J. E. Randall. 2008. A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species. Ichthyological Research　53(2): 53-64.
97. Kimura, S., H. Motomura and Y. Iwatsuki. 2008 Equulites Fowler 1904, a senior synonym of Photoplagios Sparks, Dunlap, and Smith 2005 (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyological Research 55: 204-205.
98. Chiba, S.N., Y. Iwatsuki, T. Yoshino, and N. Hanzawa. 2009. Comprehensive phylogenys of the family Sparidae (Perciformes: Teleostei) infered from mitochondrial gene analysis. Gene and Genetics System. 84:153-170.

1. Yamane, S., Y. Iwatsuki and M. Akazki. 1984.12. First records of two cyprinids, Opsariichthys uncirostris and Rhoodeus ocellatus ocellatus, from Miyazaki Prefecture. Bull. Fac. Agri. Miyazaki Univ., 31(2):291-293.
2. Akazaki, M. and Y. Iwatsuki. 1989. Generic relationships in four subfamilies of the Lutjanidae. Pages 600-601 in Indo-Pacific Fish: Proc. Second Inter. Confer. on Indo-Pasific Fishes, edited by T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi and K. Matsuura. Japanese Society of Ichthyology. Tokyo.
3. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura, J. Yasumoto and M. Akazaki. 1990.12. A record of the chum Salmon, Oncorhychus keta caught from most south-west border. Bull. Fac. Agri. Miyazaki Univ., 37(1): 115-118.
4. Iwatsuki, Y., Y. Tsukamoto, H. Senou and M. Akazaki. 1991.3. Pelagic juveniles in a lutjanid fish, Lutjanus fulviflamma with the changes of body color pattern. Bull. Fac. Agri. Miyazaki Univ., 37(2): 115-118.
5. Iwatsuki, Y., A. Nakamura, K. Okabe, K. Hirano and M. Akazaki. 1992.3. Lutjanid and caesionid fishes in the superfamily Lutjanoidea from Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan. Bull. Fac. Agri. Miyazaki Univ., 38(2): 91-98.
6. Iwatsuki, Y., K. Okabe, K. Hirano and K. Sakai. 1993.12. Girellid and kyphosid fishes in Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan. Bull. Fac. Agri., Miyazaki Univ., 39(2): 101-108.
7. Iwatsuki, Y., Y. Seguchi, K. Okabe, M. Hagiwara and K. Hirano. 1993.12. Report on a collection of carangoid and formionid fishes from the Hyuga Nada area, southern Japan. Bull. Fac. Agri., Miyazaki Univ., 39(2): 109-116.
8. Iwatsuki, Y. and H. Nakata. 1995.6. Eggs and larvae on the coastal fronts. Coastal Oceanography 33(1):49-58.
9. Iwatsuki, Y. and M. Endo. 1993.10. A charr of salmonid fish, Salvelinus leucomaenis from Kyushu District. Bull. Fac. Agri., Miyazaki Univ., 40(1): 21-23.
10. Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and Y. Tsukamoto. 1993.10. Second record of Gerres oblongus Cuvier (Family Gerreidae: Pisces) from Japan. Bull. Fac. Agri., Miyazaki Univ., 40(1): 55-58.
11. Iwatsuki, Y., K. Tashiro, M. Endo and H. Ono. 1994.10. The matured female of the Japanese centropomid fish from the Oyodo River estuary, Miyazaki Prefecture. Bull. Fac. Agri., Miyazaki Univ., 41(1): 11-14.
12. Kimura, S. and Y. Iwatsuki. 1995.12. A charr Salvelinus leucomaenis from upper stream of Sakanai River, Mie Prefectire. Fac of Agriculture, Mie University (13):12-24.
13. Tsukamoto, Y., Y. Iwatsuki and S. Kimura. 1995.12. Report on the fishes collected by ring net and ORI net during the Seisui-maru Nansei Islands Research Cruise 1992. Bull. Fac. Bioresources, Mie Univ., (15): 41-47.
14. Hirano, K. and Y. Iwatsuki. 1996.1. Annual changes of catches of Plecoglossus altivelis in Gokase River．Fac. of Agri., Miyazaki University 42(1-2): 91-94
15. Motomura, H. and Y. Iwatsuki. 1997.12. A preliminary report of scorpaenid, synanceiid, tetrarogid and aploactinid fishes in Miyazaki Waters, southern Japan. Bull. Fac. Agri., Miyazaki Univ., 44(2): 127-138.
16. Endo, M. and Y. Iwatsuki. 1998.12. Anomalies of wild fishes in the waters of Miyazaki, southern Japan. Bull. Fac. Agri., Miyazaki Univ., 45(1-2): 27-35.
17. Iwatsuki, Y., U. Satapoomin and K. Matsuura. 1999.3. The rare haemulid fish, Pomadasys andamanensis McKay & Satapoomin, 1994, and comparison with other striped species of Pomadasys (Teleostei, Perciformes). Bull. Nat. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, Ser. A (Zoology), 25(1): 79-86.
18. Motomura, H., U. Satapoomin and Y. Iwatsuki. 1999.5. A new record of the threadfin, Filimanus perplexa Feltes, 1991 (Perciformes: Polynemidae), from the Andaman Sea. Phuket mar. biol. Cent. Res. Bull., 63: 17-20.
19. Motomura, H. and Y. Iwatsuki 2000.1. Two scorpaenid fishes from Hyuga Nada. I.O. P. Diving News, (11): 2-4.
20. Iwatsuki, Y., I. Djawad, A. I. Burhanuddin, H. Motomura and K. Hidaka. 2000.12. A preliminary list of the epipelagic and inshore fishes of Makassar (=Ujung Pandang), south Sulawesi, Indonesia, collect. Bull. Fac. Agri., Miyazaki Univ.47 (1-2): 95-114.
21. Motomura, H., A. I. Burhanuddin and Y. Iwatsuki. 2000.12. Distributional implications of a poorly known polynemid fish, Polydactylus sexfilis (Pisces: Perciformes), in Japan. Bull. Fac. Agri., Miyazaki Univ.47 (1-2): 115-120.
22. Motomura, H., K. Hidaka, and Y. Iwatsuki. 2001.2. Apoginid fish from Miyazaki Prefecture I. O. P. Diving News, 12(2): 5-7.
23. Motomura, H. and Y. Iwatsuki. 20013. Two scorpaenid fishes from Miyazaki. I. O. P. Diving News, 12(3): 5-7.
24. Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, M. Okamoto, and S. Ida.　2001.4 A rare threadfin (Perciformes: Polynemidae), Filimanus hexanema, from Indonesia. I.O. P. Diving News 12(4): 5-7.
25. Amaoka, K., H. Senou, and Y. Iwatsuki. 2007 (Mar.) Two specimens of left-eyed flounders (Pseudorhombus oculocirris and Bothus mancus) from Kyushu, Japan. Bull. Kanagawa Pref. Mus. (Nat. Sci.) No. 36, pp. 43-46.
26. Iwatsuki, Y. 2008.１　Habitat of a char Salvelinus lecomaenis from Miyazaki, Japan.　Special Bulletin, Miyazaki Prefectual Museum 11pp.
27. Kimura, S. and Y. Iwatsuki　2008.12　Lutjanus bengalensis from Mie, Japan.　Bulletin Mie Graduate School, Mie University (35): 65-69.

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