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Ara (fish)

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Ara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Niphonidae
D. S. Jordan, 1923[1]
Genus: Niphon
Cuvier, 1828
Species:
N. spinosus
Binomial name
Niphon spinosus
Cuvier, 1828

The ara (Niphon spinosus), otherwise known as the saw-edged perch or the Dageumbari (다금바리) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the monospecific genus Niphon in the monogeneric family Niphonidae.[2] It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan south to the Philippines where it inhabits rock reefs and inshore waters with rocky sea beds. This species can grow up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) in total length.[3] The ara was first formally described in 1828 by Georges Cuvier in the Histoire naturelle des poissons which he co-authored with Achille Valenciennes, the type locality was given as the Sea of Japan.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bembropidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Niphon spinosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Niphon spinosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2020.