Biology:Atrophacanthus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Atrophacanthus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Triacanthodidae
Genus: Atrophacanthus
Fraser-Brunner, 1950
Species:
A. japonicus
Binomial name
Atrophacanthus japonicus
(Kamohara, 1941)

Atrophacanthus japonicus is a species of spikefish native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans where it is found at depths of from 300 to 2,000 metres (980 to 6,560 ft). This species grows to a length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) SL. This species is the only known member of the genus Atrophacanthus.[1]

References

  1. Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.

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