Biology:Argyrops bleekeri
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Short description: Species of fish
| Argyrops bleekeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Argyrops |
| Species: | A. bleekeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Argyrops bleekeri Oshima, 1927
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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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Argyrops bleekeri" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "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
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