Table 2.
Numbers of host species identified from abdomens of blood-engorged mosquitoes.
| Order | Family | Species | Islands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amami-oshima | Okinawa-jima | Ishigaki-jima | Iriomote-jima | |||
| Anguilliformes | Moringuidae | Moringua microchir | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| Muraenidae | Gymnothorax pictus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Uropterygius concolor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ophichthidae | Pisodonophis boro | 36 | 64 | 0 | 5 | |
| Gobiiformes | Butidae | Bostrychus sinensis | 9 | 11 | 0 | 60 |
| Oxudercidae | Mugilogobius sp. ‘Izumi-haze' | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Periophthalmus argentilineatus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Trypauchenopsis intermedia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gobiidae | Myersina macrostoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blenniiformes | Blenniidae | Blenniella bilitonensis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Entomacrodus striatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Istiblennius edentulus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Salarias fasciatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Salarias luctuosus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tetraodontiformes | Balistidae | Rhinecanthus verrucosus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 46 | 81 | 6 | 97 | ||