Table 1.

Details of ‘gyotaku’ rubbings surveyed from the shops in the present study.

Shops surveyed	Region	Shop style	The number of
			‘gyotaku’	individuals printed	distributional data1	species (potential)2
A	Hokkaido	Tackles and bait shops	23	23	20	4
B	Hokkaido	Tackles and bait shops	11	11	11	9
C	Hokkaido	Tackles and bait shops	44	53	37 + 8	8
D	Hokkaido	Tackles and bait shops	4	4	3 + 1	4
E	Hokkaido	Tackles and bait shops	1	1	0	1
Sub-total in the Hokkaido area			83	92	71 + 9	18
F	Tokyo Bay	Tackles and bait shops	27	31	31	17
G	Tokyo Bay	Tackles and bait shops	22	23	16 + 3	8
H	Tokyo Bay	Tackles and bait shops	9	9	7 + 1	8
I	Tokyo Bay	Ship shops	39	41	32	7
J	Tokyo Bay	Ship shops	9	15	4	6
Sub-total around the Tokyo Bay area			106	119	90 + 4	32
K	Miyazaki	Tackles and bait shops	12	12	10	4
L	Miyazaki	Tackles and bait shops	8	8	6 + 1	3
M	Miyazaki	Tackles and bait shops	6	6	5	5
Sub-total in the Miyazaki area			26	26	21 + 1	9
N	Yaeyama	Tackles and bait shops	10	11	10	4
O	Yaeyama	Tackles and bait shops	8	8	8	6
P	Yaeyama	Tackles and bait shops	28	69	21	18
Sub-total in the Yaeyama area			46	88	39	21
Total			261	325	221 + 14	68

¹ Where two numbers are provided (e.g., 37 + 8) the second number refers to data obtained from the owner rather than indicated on the ‘gyotaku’ rubbings. ²The number reflects expert opinions provided by the current authors, but more rigorous identifications have not yet been conducted.