Biology:Acropoma arafurensis

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Short description: Species of fish

Arafura lanternbelly
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acropomatidae
Genus: Acropoma
Species:
A. arafurensis
Binomial name
Acropoma arafurensis
Okamoto, J.T. Williams, K.E. Carpenter, M. D. Santos & Seishi Kimura, 2019

Acropoma arafurensis, the Arafura lanternbelly, is a species of bioluminescent lanternbelly native to the Western Pacific Ocean. It was described from pair of specimens found in the Arafura Sea. The known specimens measure 57.3–76.2 mm (2.26–3.00 in)[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.6 cm (3.0 in).[2]

References

  1. 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. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Acropoma arafurensis" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q116868760 entry