Biology:Argyrops bleekeri

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Argyrops bleekeri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Argyrops
Species:
A. bleekeri
Binomial name
Argyrops bleekeri
Oshima, 1927

Argyrops bleekeri is also known as Taiwan tai. It is a species of fish in the family Sparidae. It is found from Japan to Australia in the Western Pacific. This species reaches a length of 50.0 cm (19.7 in). [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), who reported this species as Sparus which is now Argyrops spinifer in 1865.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Argyrops bleekeri" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. "Order SPARIFORMES: Families LETHRINIDAE, NEMIPTERIDAE and SPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/spariformes/. 
  • Iwatsuki, Y. and P.C. Heemstra, 2018. Taxonomic review of the genus Argyrops (Perciformes; Sparidae) with three new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4438(3):401-442.

Wikidata ☰ Q774392 entry