Ichthyofauna of the Kubo, Tochikura, and Ichinono river systems (Kitakami River drainage, northern Japan), with a comparison of predicted and surveyed species richness Author Miyazaki, Yusuke Author Nakae, Masanori Author Senou, Hiroshi text Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1093 1093 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1093 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1093 1314-2828-2-1093 Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 21192 ; recordedBy: Hiroshi Senou ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: Tochikura River ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′43.05″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′24.39″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Hiroshi Senou; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 5; day: 2; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 21193 ; recordedBy: Hiroshi Senou ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: Tochikura River ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′43.05″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′24.39″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Hiroshi Senou; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 5; day: 2; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 21218 ; recordedBy: Hiroshi Senou and Takumi Senou ; individualCount: 5 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′34.29″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′42.59″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Hiroshi Senou; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 5; day: 2; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 21401 ; recordedBy: Hayato Takeda ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: channel of rice paddy, Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′49″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°03′33″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 6; day: 7; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 21410 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′35″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′07″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 6; day: 8; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22290 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Ichinono River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′10.1″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′16.8″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 9; day: 16; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22275 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′26″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′52″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 9; day: 13; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22302 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′36″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′07″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 9; day: 15; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22267 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′35″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′42.9″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 8; day: 26; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22270 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′33.1″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′46.1″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 8; day: 26; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22293 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′46.1″N; verbatimLongitude: 140°53′16.2″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 8; day: 25; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22283 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′19.4″N; verbatimLongitude: 140°59′29.1″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 8; day: 27; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22279 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 9 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′25.7″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°02′25.8″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 9; day: 15; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22289 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′56.9″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′51.9″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 9; day: 18; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22298 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′25.7″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°02′14.6″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 9; day: 15; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22287 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′20.2″N; verbatimLongitude: 140°59′35.7″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 8; day: 28; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 22291 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′49″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′35″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 8; day: 30; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23933 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′44″N; verbatimLongitude: 140°59′54″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 19; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23934 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′25″N; verbatimLongitude: 140°59′46″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 4; day: 30; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23935 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′23″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′48″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 20; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23936 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′22″N; verbatimLongitude: 140°59′46″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 4; day: 30; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23937 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′25″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°04′05″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 18; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23938 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′20″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′06″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 2; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23939 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′20″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′56″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 19; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23940 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′45″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′08″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 2; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23941 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′22″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′45″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 20; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23942 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′08″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′05″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 15; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23943 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′13″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′10″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 19; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23944 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′38″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′48″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 2; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23945 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′38″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′48″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 15; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23946 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 2 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′09″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′10″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 15; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23947 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′30″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°03′24″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 17; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23948 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′33″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′53″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 8; day: 2; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23950 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′37″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′49″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 8; day: 2; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23949 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′37″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′34″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 20; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23951 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′45″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′08″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 2; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23987 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′14″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′13″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 3; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 23988 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′14″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′13″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 5; day: 15; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 24405 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Dougasawa, Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′32″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′57″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 9; day: 20; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 24407 ; recordedBy: Shogo Nishihara ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′15″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′28″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 9; day: 21; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 24418 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′32″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′50″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 9; day: 21; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 24463 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Dougasawa, Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′12″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°02′03″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 9; day: 21; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 24467 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′32″N; verbatimLongitude: 140°59′49″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2009; month: 9; day: 22; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: KPM-NI 24994 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 4 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′16″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′00″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2009; Event: year: 2008; month: 10; day: 8; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90703 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 3 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′27″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°02′54″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 4; day: 30; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90704 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′23″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°03′13″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 4; day: 30; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90705 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′28″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°03′01″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 4; day: 30; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90706 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′28″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°03′03″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 4; day: 30; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90707 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′37″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°02′32″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 4; day: 30; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90709 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 2 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′48″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°02′19″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 5; day: 1; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90712 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′49″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°02′14″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 5; day: 1; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90713 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′49″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′11″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 5; day: 1; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90714 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°56′49″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′12″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 5; day: 1; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90718 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 2 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′47″N; verbatimLongitude: 140°57′13″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 5; day: 1; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 90723 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 2 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′29″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′19″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 5; day: 1; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 91208 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: Ichinono River ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 7; day: 10; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 91648 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 7; day: 12; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 96059 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Tochikura River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°54′36″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°01′07″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 8; day: 24; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 96061 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; verbatimLatitude: 38°55′03″N; verbatimLongitude: 141°00′25″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2009; month: 4; day: 30; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 96853 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki and Yoko Takata ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yoko Takata; dateIdentified: 2010; Event: year: 2008; month: 10; day: 5; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 96854 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki and Yoko Takata ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yoko Takata; dateIdentified: 2010; Event: year: 2008; month: 10; day: 5; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 96858 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki and Yoko Takata ; individualCount: 1 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 10; day: 8; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 96859 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki and Yoko Takata ; individualCount: 2 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; municipality: Hagishou; Identification: identifiedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki; dateIdentified: 2008; Event: year: 2008; month: 10; day: 8; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NSMT-P 97111 ; recordedBy: Yusuke Miyazaki and Yoko Takata ; individualCount: 4 ; Taxon: scientificName: Rhinogobiusbrunneus; Location: country: Japan ; stateProvince: Iwate; locality: irrigation pond of the Kubo River Basin ; Identification: identifiedBy: Masanori Nakae; dateIdentified: 2010; Event: year: 2008; month: 10; day: 5; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, Philippines, and Vietnam. Notes Japanese researchers have considered that the Rhinogobius brunneus complex currently includes many valid, synonymous species,and potentially several undescribed species ( Akihito et al. 2002 , Akihito et al. 2013 ). This taxon of this region matches the " Rhinogobius sp. OR of Akihito et al. (2002) " species complex (see Akihito et al. 2002 , Akihito et al. 2013 ). It was recorded only from lentic waters including irrigation ponds, channels, and slow moving parts of rivers in the present study.