Ken Maeda

Profile Information

Affiliation: Staff Scientist, Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Degree: PhD(University of the Ryukyus)

Researcher number: 20572829
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3631-811X
J-GLOBAL ID: 201801004050488288
researchmap Member ID: B000323829

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2020 - Present

Researcher, Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Nov, 2011 - Mar, 2020

Researcher, Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Apr, 2010 - Oct, 2011

Researcher, Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation
Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2011

Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus

Education

Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2008

Marine and Environmental Sciences (doctor course), Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus
Apr, 1998 - Mar, 2000

Chemistry, Biology and Marine Sciences (master course), Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus
Apr, 1994 - Mar, 1998

Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus

Committee Memberships

Feb, 2022 - Present

Awards Committee, The Ichthyological Society of Japan
2022 - Present

Fish Subcommittee of Okinawa Prefecture Red Data Book, Okinawa Prefecture
Nov, 2021 - Present

Selection Committee of Species Diversity Award, The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
Sep, 2021 - Present

Representative, The Ichthyological Society of Japan
Jan, 2021 - Present

Associate Editor of Species Diversity, The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
Oct, 2020 - Present

Editorial Board, The Biological Society of Okinawa
2015 - Present

Endangered Species Conservation Promoter, Ministry of Environment
2015 - Present

Red List of Threatened Species in Japan, Estuarine and Freshwater Fish Section Committee, Ministry of Environment
Dec, 2022 - Mar, 2023

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center Activity Committee, Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center Management and Operation Council
2014 - 2017

Red Data Okinawa, Fish Section Committee, Okinawa Prefecture

Awards

Feb, 2019

15th Anniversary Contribution Award, Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center

Ken Maeda
Sep, 2016

Incentive Award, The Ichthyological Society of Japan

Ken Maeda
Mar, 2008

Dean’s Award, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus

Ken Maeda

Papers

Larval study revealed diversity and life‐history traits of crypto‐benthic eel gobies

Ken Maeda, Nozomi Hanahara, Masato Uehara, Katsunori Tachihara

Journal of Fish Biology, Sep 10, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
First records of an estuarine goby Acentrogobius ocyurus (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Japan and the Sulu Sea in the Philippines

Taiga Kunishima, Herminie P. Palla, Katsunori Tachihara, Ken Maeda

Species Diversity, 27(1) 129-138, Apr 15, 2022 Peer-reviewedLast author
Two new species of Rhinogobius (Gobiiformes: Oxudercidae) from Palawan, Philippines, with their phylogenetic placement

Ken Maeda, Chuya Shinzato, Ryo Koyanagi, Taiga Kunishima, Hirozumi Kobayashi, Noriyuki Satoh, Herminie P. Palla

Zootaxa, 5068(1) 81-98, Nov 15, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
First Japanese record of Muraenichthys gymnopterus (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from Ishigaki-jima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago

Taiga Kunishima, Ken Maeda, Ryutei Inui, Yusuke Hibino

Species Diversity, 26(2) 343-349, Oct 14, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Do colour-morphs of an amphidromous goby represent different species? Taxonomy of Lentipes (Gobiiformes) from Japan and Palawan, Philippines, with phylogenomic approaches

Ken Maeda, Hirozumi Kobayashi, Herminie P. Palla, Chuya Shinzato, Ryo Koyanagi, Javier Montenegro, Atsushi J. Nagano, Toshifumi Saeki, Taiga Kunishima, Takahiko Mukai, Katsunori Tachihara, Vincent Laudet, Noriyuki Satoh, Kazunori Yamahira

Systematics and Biodiversity, 19(8) 1080-1112, Oct 4, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Mesozoic origin and ‘out-of-India’ radiation of ricefishes (Adrianichthyidae)

Kazunori Yamahira, Satoshi Ansai, Ryo Kakioka, Hajime Yaguchi, Takeshi Kon, Javier Montenegro, Hirozumi Kobayashi, Shingo Fujimoto, Ryosuke Kimura, Yusuke Takehana, Davin H. E. Setiamarga, Yasuoki Takami, Rieko Tanaka, Ken Maeda, Hau D. Tran, Noriyuki Koizumi, Shinsuke Morioka, Vongvichith Bounsong, Katsutoshi Watanabe, Prachya Musikasinthorn, Sein Tun, L. K. C. Yun, Kawilarang W. A. Masengi, V. K. Anoop, Rajeev Raghavan, Jun Kitano

Biology Letters, 17(8) 20210212-20210212, Aug, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Genetic traits of the weatherfish Misgurnus sp. OK on the Okinawa Islands, southern Japan

Shin-ichiro Oka, Takahide Sasai, Nozomi Hanahara, Kei Miyamoto, Hirozumi Kobayashi, Naofumi Murata, Ken Maeda

Fauna Ryukyuana, 59 57-61, Mar, 2021 Peer-reviewedLast author
Northernmost record of Stiphodon multisquamus (Gobiiformes: Oxudercidae) based on a specimen from Wakayama, Japan

Taiga Kunishima, Ryosuke Tanaka, Kentarou Hirashima, Ken Maeda

Species Diversity, 26 37-41, Mar, 2021 Peer-reviewedLast author
Latitudinal variation in sexual dimorphism in a freshwater fish group

Bayu K A Sumarto, Hirozumi Kobayashi, Ryo Kakioka, Rieko Tanaka, Ken Maeda, Hau D Tran, Noriyuki Koizumi, Shinsuke Morioka, Vongvichith Bounsong, Katsutoshi Watanabe, Prachya Musikasinthorn, Sein Tun, L K C Yun, V K Anoop, Rajeev Raghavan, Kawilarang W A Masengi, Shingo Fujimoto, Kazunori Yamahira

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131(4) 898-908, Nov 6, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Re-evaluation of deep-sea dogfishes (genus Squalus) in Japan using phylogenetic inference

Ziadi-Künzli F, Soliman T, Imai H, Sakurai M, Maeda K, Tachihara K

Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 160(103261) 1-18, Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Biology of jungle perch, Kuhlia rupestris, identification of threats and knowledge gaps to improve local and global management

Gelineau Y, Saget M, Brault V, Anamparela B, Aboulker C, Martinet J, Maeda K, Feutry P

Cybium, 44 45-55, Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewed
First record of Larsonella pumilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Japan, with phylogenetic placement of the genus Larsonella.

Nozomi Hanahara, Takuo Higashiji, Chuya Shinzato, Ryo Koyanagi, Ken Maeda

Zootaxa, 4695(4) zootaxa.4695.4.4-377, Nov 11, 2019 Peer-reviewedLast author
Evolutionary aspects of cephalic sensory papillae of the Indo-Pacific species of Eleotris (Teleostei: Eleotridae)

Mennesson M, Maeda K, Keith P

Zoologica Scripta, 48(5) 627-639, Jul, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Bloodmeal host identification with inferences to feeding habits of a fish-fed mosquito, Aedes baisasi.

Takashi Miyake, Natsuki Aihara, Ken Maeda, Chuya Shinzato, Ryo Koyanagi, Hirozumi Kobayashi, Kazunori Yamahira

Scientific reports, 9(1) 4002-4002, Mar 8, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Revision of Species in Sicyopterus (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) Described by de Beaufort (1912), with a First Record of Sicyopterus longifilis from Japan

Ken Maeda, Toshifumi Saeki

Species Diversity, 23(2) 253-262, Nov, 2018 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Taxonomy and morphology of Macrobrachium placidulum species-group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago

Toshifumi Saeki, Ken Maeda, Tohru Naruse

Fauna Ryukyuana, 44 33-53, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Review of Schismatogobius (Gobiidae) from Japan, with the description of a new species

Ken Maeda, Toshifumi Saeki, Chuya Shinzato, Ryo Koyanagi, Nori Satoh

Ichthyological Research, 65(1) 56-77, Jan 1, 2018 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Downstream migration of newly-hatched ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in the Tien Yen River of northern Vietnam

Hau Duc Tran, Midori Iida, Ken Maeda

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES, 100(10) 1329-1341, Oct, 2017 Peer-reviewedLast author
Newly discovered habitat of a threatened goby, Acanthogobius insularis (Perciformes: Gobiidae), in southern part of Okinawa-jima Island, Japan

Taiga Kunishima, Ken Maeda, Katsunori Tachihara

Biogeography, 19 69-74, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Specific gravity and migratory patterns of amphidromous gobioid fish from Okinawa Island, Japan

Midori Iida, Masashi Kondo, Helene Tabouret, Ken Maeda, Christophe Pecheyran, Atsushi Hagiwara, Philippe Keith, Katsunori Tachihara

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 486 160-169, Jan, 2017 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

What is amphidromy? : A discussion of various migration patterns

Ken Maeda

Aquabiology, 38(4) 350-355, Aug, 2016
Oceanic dispersal strategy of larval amphidromous gobies

Midori Iida, Masashi Kondo, Ken Maeda, Katsunori Tachihara

NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 81(3) 482-482, May, 2015
Recruitment mechanism of freshwater and estuarine gobies

Ken Maeda, Katsunori Tachihara

NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 81(3) 480-480, May, 2015

Books and Other Publications

New species stories

Ken Maeda (Role: Contributor, Chapter 5, Mystery of red gobies)

Iwanami Shoten, Mar 17, 2023 (ISBN: 9784005009664)
Manko Aquarium 2011–2018: Activity report and fish guide

Ken Maeda, Taiga Kunishima (Role: Supervisor (editorial))

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Apr, 2019
The Natural History of the Fishes of Japan

Ken Maeda, 中坊徹次, 松沢陽士 (Role: Contributor, Sicydiinae)

Shogakukan, Mar, 2018 (ISBN: 4092083114)
Threatened Wildlife in Okinawa, Third Edition (Animals): Red Data Okinawa

Ken Maeda (Role: Contributor)

Okinawa Prefectural Government, 2017
Fishes Out of Water: Biology and Ecology of Mudskippers

Ken Maeda, Yuko Tsuhako, Katsunori Tachihara (Role: Contributor, Early Development of Mudskippers)

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017 (ISBN: 9781498717878)
Handbook of Nature in the Okukubi River 1 : Estuarine Gobies

Ken Maeda (Role: Supervisor (editorial))

Kin Town Board of Education, Mar, 2016
Early Life History of Fishes

Ken Maeda, Midori Iida, Masashi Kondo (Role: Contributor, Diversity of larval dispersal strategies in freshwater and estuarine gobies)

Koseisha-Koseikaku, Sep, 2015 (ISBN: 4769915705)
Red Data Book 2014: Threatened Wildlife of Japan, Volume 4, Pisces

Ministry of the, Environm, n (Role: Contributor)

Gyosei, 2015 (ISBN: 9784324098981)
Indo-Pacific Sicydiine Gobies: Biodiversity, Life Traits and Conservation

Philippe Keith, Clara Lord, Ken Maeda (Role: Joint editor)

Société Française d’Ichtyologie, 2015 (ISBN: 2951462875)
An Atlas of Early Stage Fishes in Japan Second Edition

Ken Maeda (Role: Contributor, Gobioidei)

Tokai University Press, Mar, 2014 (ISBN: 4486017757)
Streams in Nago City

Ken Maeda (Role: Contributor, Stiphodon alcedo, a new spiecies)

Nago Museum, Nov, 2012
Streams in Yanbaru

Ken Maeda (Role: Contributor, Eleotris fusca - A goby migrating between streams and the sea)

Sep, 2007 (ISBN: 499048990X)
Threatened Wildlife in Okinawa, Second Edition (Animals): Red Data Okinawa

Ken Maeda (Role: Contributor, Bostrychus sinensis, Luciogobius sp.)

Okinawa Prefectural Government, 2005

Research Projects

Studies on early life history and endocrine system of gobies to elucidate evolutionary mechanisms of shift of the migration patterns

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024

Ken Maeda
Exploration to locate home of rare tropical freshwater fish: dispersal mechanism of amphidromous fish larvae

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

Ken Maeda
Taxonomy and life history of sicydiine goby in northwestern Pacific

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), JSPS, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

Ken Maeda
Larval fish fauna in the Urauchi River on Iriomote Island, the largest subtropical river system in the Ryukyu Archipelago

Project of the Transdisciplinary Research Organization for Subtropics and Island Studies “Pacific coral-reef island studies”, University of the Ryukyus, Oct, 2009 - Mar, 2010

Ken Maeda
Taxonomy and life history of goby of the genus Luciogobius in the Ryukyu Archipelago

Research Grant, Fujiwara Natural History Foundation, Mar, 2009 - Mar, 2010

Ken Maeda
Larval morphologies and pelagic larval duration of gobioid fish on Okinawa Island

21st Century COE Program, University of the Ryukyus, Jun, 2006 - Mar, 2007

Ken Maeda

Social Activities

Survey of Manko with local citizens 2022

Consultant, Other

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Oct 10, 2022 - Oct 10, 2022
Special exhibition “Manko Aquarium with Everyone”

Consultant, Other

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Aug, 2022 - Sep, 2022
Onna-OIST Children’s School of Science 2022

Lecturer

Onna Village & OIST, Aug, 2022
Special exhibition “Manko Aquarium with Everyone”

Consultant, Other

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Nov, 2021 - Dec, 2021
"Dr. Goby's room"

Lecturer

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Nov 28, 2021
Onna-OIST Children’s School of Science 2021

Lecturer

Onna Village & OIST, Aug, 2021
Survey with local citizens in spring, 2021 "survey of Pseudogobius masago"

Lecturer, Planner

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Mar, 2021
Survey with local citizens 2020 "fishes of Manko"

Lecturer, Planner

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Nov, 2020
Special exhibition “Manko Aquarium with Everyone”

Consultant, Other

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Aug, 2019 - Sep, 2019
Field observation event “Lives in the water”

Lecturer

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Aug, 2019
Onna-OIST Children’s School of Science 2019

Lecturer, Performer

Onna Village & OIST, Aug, 2019
Field observation event “Observation of fish in Manko Wetland”

Lecturer

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Sep, 2018
Special exhibition “Manko Aquarium with Everyone”

Consultant, Other

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Sep, 2018
Onna-OIST Children’s School of Science 2018

Lecturer

Onna Village & OIST, Aug, 2018
Expedition of nature in Teima-gawa

Lecturer

Mihara Kids' Club, Jul, 2018
Special exhibition “Manko Aquarium with Everyone”

Consultant, Other

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Sep, 2017
Onna-OIST Children’s School of Science 2017

Lecturer

Onna Village & OIST, Aug, 2017
Field observation event “Lives in the water”

Lecturer

Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center, Aug, 2017
Onna-OIST Children’s School of Science 2016

Lecturer

Onna Village & OIST, Aug, 2016
Expedition of nature in Oura-gawa

Lecturer

Nago City, Aug, 2016

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