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Aploactis aspera (Richardson, 1845)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 15; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11 - 14. Body almost black and covered with velvety prickles. Preopercle with 5 blunt spines. Attains 10 cm TL.

Common Names

  • Dusky velvetfish , English , Australia
  • Ibo-okoze , Japanese , Japan
  • 疣鮋 (絨皮鮋) , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 疣鲉 (绒皮鲉) , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 絨皮鮋 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 绒皮鲉 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei

    Family: Aploactinidae

    Genus: Aploactis

    Species: Aploactis aspera (Richardson, 1845)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Sagami Bay and Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan southward to China. Also reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 9070) and Australia (Ref. 7300).

    • Biology

    Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Inhabits sandy or mud bottoms in shallow waters (Ref. 559 and 637). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).

    Habitat

    demersal