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Matsubaraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Hemerocoetidae
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 Japanese ichthyologist Shinnosuke Matsubara who was director of Imperial Fisheries in Tokyo.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Matsubaraea fusiforme (Fowler, 1943)". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Matsubaraea fusiforme". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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