Acropoma hanedai Matsubara, 1953

Description


Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Anus nearer the insertion of anal fin than that of pelvic fin. Two very long light organs run from the isthmus to slightly beyond the origin of the anal fin and joined with the opposite organ immediately in front of the anal fin.

Taxonomic Hierarchy


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Acropomatiformes

Family: Acropomatidae

Genus: Acropoma

Species: Acropoma hanedai Matsubara, 1953

Climate Zone


  • Temperate
  • Location


  • Northwest Pacific: southern Japan to Taiwan.
  • Biology


    Found in fairly deep water. Caught by trawl net. Food fish.

    Habitat


    benthopelagic