Taxonomic revision of the Indo-Pacific leiognathid fishes

根据来自日本、越南、泰国和印度尼西亚的野外收藏品，以及印度-太平洋各地(从非洲东海岸和红海到密克罗尼西亚、日本北部到中部、澳大利亚南部到北部)的博物馆藏品，对印度-帕迪菲克地区的雷诺鱼(骨鱼目：Perciformes：Leiognathidae)进行了分类审查。主要研究结果如下：1.在整个20世纪，莱格纳藻属在分类上处于最混乱的状态，由26个有效种组成(包括5个复合体或种组中的23个种，以及3个独立的种)。这些有效种包括4个未描述的种。一些种的学名发生了变化，因为它们的同义词被阐明了。2.金鱼属复合体、华丽指甲复合体和装饰指甲复合体的分类研究已基本完成。虽然在此初步修订了筋膜隐翅虫复合体和隐翅虫复合体，但仍需进行更详细和深入的调查。3.对新近进行分类修订的加沙属和隐翅虫属进行了重新检验和验证。每个属由5个有效种组成。4.有3个属36种，因此，组成了Leiognathidae科。提供了属和种的检索表，并描述了诊断特征、分布注释和异名。5.上述复合体有可能成为未来研究的属。6.结合本研究，对海洋鱼类进行了分类研究，并描述了这些科的几个新种。

The leiognathid fishes (Osteichthyes : Perciformes : Leiognathidae) from the Indo-Padfic were reviewed taxonomically, based on the field collections from Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia, and the museum collections from all over the Indo-Pacific (from the east coast of Africa and Red Sea to Micronesia, north to central Japan, south to northern Australia) including type materials. Results obtained are summarized as follows :1.The genus Leiognathus, having been in the most taxonomical confusion thorough 20th Century, consists of 26 valid species (23 included in 5 complexes, or species groups, and 3 independent species). These valid species include 4 undescribed species. The scientific names in some species changed because their synonymies were elucidated.2.Taxonomical studies have been almost finished on Leiognathus aureus complex, L.splendens complex and L.decorus complex. Although L.fasciatus complex and L.oblongus complex were tentatively revised here, more detailed and intense investigation is still needed.3.The genera Gaza and Secutor having been recently revised taxonomically were reexamined and validated. Each genus consists of 5 valid species.4.Three genera and 36 species, therefore, constitute the family Leiognathidae. Keys to genera and species were provided, and diagnostic characters, distributional notes and synonyms were described in the report.5.The abovementioned complexes possibly become genera by the future study.6.Taxonomical studies on the marine fishes, e.g.Atherinidae and Gerreidae, were conducted accompanied with this study, and a few new species belonging to these families were described.