Biology:Acropoma

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Short description: Genus of fish

Acropoma
Acropoma japonicum.png
Acropoma japonicum
Acropoma leobergi.png
Acropoma leobergi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acropomatidae
Genus: Acropoma
Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Type species
Acropoma japonicum
Günther, 1859[1]

Acropoma is a genus of fish in the family Acropomatidae, the temperate ocean-basses or lanternbellies. They are native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. They are characterized by a ventral luminous organ that has a luminous gland, a lens, and a reflector. The shape of the luminous organ helps distinguish the species in the genus.[2]

Species

The following species are currently recognised as being members of this genus:

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Acropoma". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1793. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Okamoto, M. (2014). Acropoma profundum, a new species of lanternbelly (Teleostei: Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from the Solomon Islands. Species Diversity, 19 (1): 9-14.
  3. Makoto Okamoto; Jeffrey T. Williams; Kent E. Carpenter; Mudjekeewis Dalisay Santos; Seishi Kimura (2019). "Description of a new species of the genus Acropoma (Acropomatidae) from the Arafura Sea with a redescription of Acropoma leobergi Prokofiev 2018 and the first record of Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue and Matsuura 2002 from the South China Sea". Ichthyological Research 67: 39–49. doi:10.1007/s10228-019-00696-8. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Makoto Okamoto; Daniel Golani (2018). "Three new species of the genus Acropoma (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from the Indian Ocean". Ichthyological Research 65: 101–114. doi:10.1007/s10228-017-0595-2.  Abstract
  5. A.M. Prokofiev (2018). "New Species of Luminous Percoids of the Acropoma Genus (Acropomatidae)". Journal of Ichthyology 58 (6): 39–943. doi:10.1134/S0032945218060152.  Abstract
  6. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Acropoma". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Acropoma. 

Additional reading

  • Ghedotti, Michael J., Josephine N. Gruber, Ryan W. Barton, Matthew P. Davis and W. Leo Smith. “Morphology and evolution of bioluminescent organs in the glowbellies (Percomorpha: Acropomatidae) with comments on the taxonomy and phylogeny of Acropomatiformes.” Journal of Morphology 279 (2018): 1640 - 1653.

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