Deep-sea Fauna and Pollutants off Pacifi c Coast of Northern Japan, edited by T. Fujita, National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs, No. 39, pp. 683-735, 2009 Annotated Checklist of Deep-sea Fishes from the Pacifi c Coast off Tohoku District, Japan Gento Shinohara1, Yoji Narimatsu2, Tsutomu Hattori2, Masaki Ito2, Yohko Takata3 and Keiichi Matsuura4 1 Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, 3̶23̶1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169̶0073 Japan E-mail:
[email protected] 2 Hachinohe Station, Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, 25̶259 Shimomekurakubo, Same-machi, Hachinohe, Aomori, 031̶0841 Japan 3 Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research, National Museum of Nature and Science, 3̶23̶1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169̶0073 Japan 4 Collection Center, National Museum of Nature and Science, 3̶23̶1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169̶0073 Japan Abstract: An inventory of deep-sea fi shes from the Pacifi c side of the Tohoku District is presented on the basis of specimens collected in the years 2005̶2007 and a literature survey. A total of 496 species in 118 families are listed with collection records and/or taxonomic remarks. A new Japanese name was established for Diceratias trilobus. Key words: deep-water fi shes, fi sh fauna, distribution, Tohoku District Introduction The Tohoku (meaning northeast in Japanese) District is a northern part of Honshu Island, Japan. The Pacifi c side is washed by the cold Oyashio Current from the north and warm Kuro shio Current from the south, resulting in good fi shing grounds for a scomberesocid Cololabis saira, a gadid Gadus macrocephalus and several scorpaenids (e.g., Sebastolobus macrochir).