Akihisa Iwata, Japanese Ichthyologist.

Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University Yoshida, Shimoadachi-cho 46, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. E-mail: aiwata@asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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  • Iwata, Akihisa (1983) A revision of the cottid fish genus Vellitor. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 30(1): 1–9.
  • Iwata, Akihisa, S.-R. Jeon, N. Mizuno & K.-C. Choi (1985) A revision of the eleotrid goby genus Odontobutis in Japan, Korea and China. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 31(4): 373–388.
  • Nakabo, Tetsuji, Akihisa Iwata & Yuji Ikeda (1992) New record of Diplogrammus goramensis (Callionymidae) from Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 39(1): 103–106.
  • Sakai, H., Akihisa Iwata & S.-R. Jeon (1993) Genetic evidence supporting the existence of three distinct species in the genus Odontobutis (Gobiidae) from Japan and Korea. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 40(1): 61–64.
  • Iwata, Akihisa & T. Hirata (1994) A new gobiid fish, Stonogobiops pentafasciata, from Kashiwajima Island, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 41(2): 189–193.
  • Tomonori, H., N. Onishi, W. Hiramatsu & Akihisa Iwata (1994) Notes on Stonogobiops pentafasciata Iwata et Irata, 1994. I. O. P. Diving News 5(10): 6–7.
  • Iwata, Akihisa & S.-R. Jeon (1995) Description of the cephalic sendory canals of Lophiogobius ocellicauda (Perciformes: Gobiidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 42(3/4): 329–333.
  • Hosoya, S., Akihisa Iwata, T. Suzuki, Hiroshi Senou, Kazunari Yano & Tetsuo Yoshino (1996) Notes on Amblyeleotris fontanessi (Gobiidae: Perciformes) from Japan. I. O. P. Diving News 7(12): 2–4.
  • Iwata, I., T. Suzuki, Hiroshi Senou, S. Hosoya, Kazunari Yano & Tetsuo Yoshino (1996) Resescription of Amblyeleotris fontanesii (Gobiidae: Perciformes) with the first record from Japan. Ichthyological Research 43(1): 101–109.
  • Ohnishi, N., Akihisa Iwata & W. Hiramatsu (1996) First record of the gobiid fish, Priolepis nocturna, from Japan. Ichthyological Research 43(2): 178–181.
  • Ohnishi, N., Akihisa Iwata & W. Hiramatsu (1997) Antennatus flagellatus (Teleostei: Antennariidae), a new species of frogfish from southern Japan. Ichthyological Research 44(2): 213–217.
  • Shibukawa, Koichi & Akihisa Iwata (1997) First record of the dottyback Pseudochromis striatus from Japan. Ichthyological Research 44(3): 297–301.
  • Yamazaki, Y. & Akihisa Iwata (1997) First record of the Siberian lamprey, Lethenteron kessleri, frm Honshu Island, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 44(1): 51–55.
  • Iwata, Akihisa, S. Hosoya & Y. Niimura (1998) Echinogobius hayashii, a new genus and species of Gobiidae. Ichthyological Research 45(2): 113–119.
  • Sakai, H., C. Yamamoto & Akihisa Iwata (1998) Genetic divergence, variation and zoogeography of a freshwater goby, Odontobutis obscura. Ichthyological Research 45(4): 363–376.
  • Shibukawa, Koichi & Akihisa Iwata (1998) Siphonogobius nue, a new genus and species of gobiid fish from Japan. Ichthyological Research 45(2): 141–150.
  • Saki, H., T. Tanaka, H. Tsujii, Akihisa Iwata & I. Ikeda (1999) Distribution pattern of two genetically different groups of Odontobutis obscura in the Takatsu River and its vicinity. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 46(2): 109–114.
  • Suzuki, T., Hiroshi Senou, Akihisa Iwata & M. Aizawa (1999) Record of a gobiid fish, Oplopomus carinoides from Japan. I. O. P. Diving News 10(8): 4–7.
  • Aonuma, Y., Akihisa Iwata & Tetsuo Yoshino (2000) A new species of the genus Amblyeleotris (Pisces: Gobiidae) From Japan. Ichthyological Research 47(2): 113–117.
  • Iwata, Akihisa, N. Ohnishi & T. Hirata (2000) Tomiyamichthys alleni: a new species of Gobiidae from Japan and Indonesia. Copeia 2000(3): 771–776.
  • Doi, A., T. Iwata, M. Inoue, H. Miyasaka, M. S. Sabki & S. Nakano (2001) A collection of freshwater fishes from the Rayu Basin of western Sarawak, Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(1): 13–17.
  • Sugiyama, K., Akihisa Iwata, Hiroshi Senou & Tetsuo Yoshino (2000) First record of a goby, Bathygobius Niger (Perciformes, Gobiidae) from western Pacific, and availability and validity of the scientific name. I. O. P. Diving News 11(9): 2–5.
  • Suzuki, T., Hiroshi Senou, K. Sakamoto, Akihisa Iwata & M. Aizawa (2000) Notes on four species of Oxyurichthys (Perciformes, Gobiidae) collected in Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands. I. O. P. Diving News 11(7): 2–6.
  • Suzuki, T., Hiroshi Senou, K. Sakamoto, Akihisa Iwata & M. Aizawa (2000) Record of a gobiid Oxyurichthys mindanensis from Japan, and taxonomic nots on O. ophthalmonema. I. O. P. Diving News 11(8): 2–6.
  • Iwata, Akihisa, H. Sakai, Koichi Shibukawa & S.-R. Jeon (2001) Developmental characteristics of a freshwater goby, Micropercops swinhonis, from Korea. Zoological Science 18: 91–97.
  • Iwata, Akihisa, S. Hosoya & Helen K. Larson (2001) Paedogobius kimurai, a new genus and species of goby (Teleostei: gobioidei: Gobiidae) from the west Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 53(1): 103–112.
  • Shibukawa, Koichi, Akihisa Iwata & S. Viravong (2001) Terateleotris, a new gobioid fish genus from the Laos (Teleostei, Perciformes), with comments on its relationships. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 27(4): 229–257.
  • Yonezawa, T. & Akihisa Iwata (2001) First record of a gobiid fish Stiphodon surrufus from Yakushima Island, Japan. I. O. P. Diving News 12(9): 2–4.
  • Iwata, Akihisa & H. Sakai (2002) Odontobutis hikimius n. sp.: a new freshwater goby from Japan, with a key to species of the genus. Copeia 2002(1): 104–110.
  • Sakai, H., Akihisa Iwata & H.-K. Byeon (2002) Genetic relationships between Japanese and Korean Odontobutis obscura (Pisces, Odontobutidae). Biogeography, International Journal of Biogeography, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Ecology, Biodiversity, Evolution, and Conservation Biology. 4: 39–44.
  • Winterbottom, Richard, Akihisa Iwata & T. Kozawa (2005) Vanderhorstia nannai, a new species of burrow-associated goby from Palau and the Philippines. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 9(3): 109–114.
  • Shibukawa, K., Phousavanh, P., Phongsa, K. & Iwata, A. 2012. A new species of Metzia (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Northern Laos. Zootaxa 3586: 264–271. Preview PDF Reference page