The Kuroshio Current and fish fauna of Japan : a transportation system and barrier for fishes in the Japanese Archipelago

以日本南部包括琉球群岛的浅水鱼类为研究对象，探讨黑潮作为一个运输和屏障系统的作用。黑潮将一些温带鱼类如锯鱼和鲹分为北方和南方类群。相反，对一些剑鳍虾虎鱼的DNA分析表明，它们被黑潮从南向北长距离搬运，到达日本中部。

Shallow water fishes in southern Japan including the Ryukyu Islands were studied to clarify a role of the Kuroshio Current as a transportation and barrier system. Some temperate water fishes such as serranids and carangids were divided into the northern and southern groups by the Kuroshio Current. On the contrary, DNA analysis of some gobies of the genus Sicyopterus, showed that they are transported for the long distance by the Kuroshio Current from south to north, reaching to central Japan.