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Atrophacanthus japonicus
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Genus:
Atrophacanthus

Species:
A. japonicus
Binomial name
Atrophacanthus japonicus
(Kamohara, 1941)

Atrophacanthus japonicus is a species of spikefish native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans where it is found at depths of from 300 to 2,000 metres (980 to 6,560 ft). This species grows to a length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus. [1]

References

  1. ^ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.