Acropoma japonicum Günther, 1859
Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Body moderately elongate, compressed. Scales large, weakly ciliated and deciduous. Two luminous organs run longitudinally in the abdominal muscle from the thorax to slightly beyond the anus and join each other at the anterior extremities.
Common Names
No common names available.
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Acropomatidae
Genus: Acropoma
Species: Acropoma japonicum Günther, 1859
Climate Zone
Location
Biology
Inhabits sand and sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 11230). Marketed fresh or reduced to fishmeal.
Habitat
bathypelagic