Biology:Acropoma hanedai

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Acropoma hanedai
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acropomatidae
Genus: Acropoma
Species:
A. hanedai
Binomial name
Acropoma hanedai
Matsubara, 1953

Acropoma hanedai is a species of ray-finned fish, a lanternbelly from the family Acropomatidae. It occurs in the north-western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Taiwan. It is a food fish which is caught by trawling.[1][2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 13.5 cm (5.3 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Yata Haneda (1907-1995), who studied luminescent organisms, including the lanternbellies, and established the Haneda Luminous Pisces Collection at the Yokosuka City Museum in Japan.[3]

References

  1. Okamoto, M., 2014. Acropoma profundum, a new species of lanternbelly (Teleostei: Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from the Solomon Islands. Species Diversity 19:9-14.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Acropoma hanedai" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. "Order ACROPOTAMIFORMES: Families SCOMBROPIDAE, CHAMPSODONTIDAE, CREEDIIDAE, HEMEROCOETIDAE, HOWELLIDAE, SYNAGROPIDAE, MALAKICHTHYIDAE, ACROPOMATIDAE, SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE, EPIGONIDAE, POLYPRIONIDAE, STEREOLEPIDIDAE, LATEOBRACIDAE, GLAUCOSOMATIDAE, PEMPHERIDAE, BATHYCLUPEIDAE, PENTACEROTIDAE, OSTRACOBERYCIDAE, BANJOSIDAE and DINOLESTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/acropomatiformes/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2733770 entry