Biology:Acropoma splendens
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Short description: Species of fish
| Acropoma splendens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Acropomatidae |
| Genus: | Acropoma |
| Species: | A. splendens
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| Binomial name | |
| Acropoma splendens (Lloyd, 1909)
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Acropoma splendens is a species of bioluminescent lanternbelly native to the eastern Indian Ocean. It was described from pair of specimens found in the Arafura Sea.
Size
This species reaches a length of 4.1 cm (1.6 in).[1]
Etymology
The fish is named splendens which means bright and shiny.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Acropoma splendens" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "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 ☰ Q120287917 entry
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