Iguchi, Kei’ichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8195-1005
Takahashi, Shinji
Goya, Hirokuni
Awata, Satoshi
Abe, Shin-ichiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP18H2267)
Article History
Received: 2 June 2025
Revised: 23 June 2025
Accepted: 23 July 2025
First Online: 9 August 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: This research was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the Ichthyological Society of Japan. Particular attention was given to minimizing the collection of the endangered Ryukyu-ayu, ensuring that sampling effort was restricted to the minimum necessary for data acquisition. Regulatory compliance was further ensured by obtaining a special collection permission from Kagoshima Prefecture.