Biology:Matsubaraea

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Matsubaraea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Percophidae
Genus: Matsubaraea
Taki, 1953
Species:
M. fusiforme
Binomial name
Matsubaraea fusiforme
(Fowler, 1943)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Matsubaraea setouchiensis Taki, 1953
  • Roxasella fusiforme Fowler, 1943

Matsubaraea is a monotypic genus of percomorph fish from the subfamily Hemerocoetinae. The only species in the genus, Matsubaraea fusiforme is found in the western Pacific in the waters around Japan, Thailand and the Philippines on sandy substrates. It feeds on mysids. The generic name honours the Japan ichthyologist Shinnosuke Matsubara who was director of Imperial Fisheries in Tokyo.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2403682 entry