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Release of a 22 year research collection, 『A Guide Book to Marine Fishes in Korea』
Professor Kim Jin-koo

PKNU launched on sharing information with the world of 752 types of Marine fish Release of a 22 year research collection, 『A Guide Book to Marine Fishes in Korea』 Pukyong National University draws public attention by publishing 『A Guide Book to Marine Fishes in Korea』 an English book that complies information on 752 species of fish to share information on marine fishes in Korea with the world. This is the recently published 『A Guide Book to Marine Fishes in Korea』 by Marine fish resources deposit registration and preservation organization (Head Kim Jin-koo, Department of Marine biology) at Pukyong National University. This book is a guidebook of marine fishes compiled by the research team of Professor Kim Jin-koo of Pukyong National University, which has integrated the guide information of 752 species of marine fish directly collected from all seas in Korea for 22 years up to this year since 1999. Some rare or large species were collected in cooperation with the National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS) and Korea Fisheries Resources Agency (FIRA).
This is an English translation version of 『A Guide Book to Marine Fishes in Korea』 published by this organization at the end of last year, adding 10 species collected this year to the 742 species contained in the book at the time. It features photos of 752 marine fish species in Korea, scientific names, shapes and characteristics, and the fact that information on fish can be viewed at once through the distribution map. Fish belonging to the same family are grouped and placed on a page so that similar species can be easily identified. Especially, seven species, such as Korean native species in this book, such as the white-tailed Japanese hagfish, Albula koreana, Pisodonophis sangjuensis, Sea horse, long tailed lump sucker, Eulophias koreanus, Dictyosoma burgeri, were first reported in the south coast and received attention from academia. New candidate species, such as Mugil japonicus, Ammodytes, Triggerfish, Takifugu alboplumbeus are also included. PKNU’s Marine fish resources deposit registration and preservation organization has conducted research and produced this book in cooperation with the Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion (KIMST) as part of the ’Project for Marine Biotechnology Development’ of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries since 2014. The institution plans to distribute this book to overseas natural history museums, universities, and research institutes.

16 December 2020