Description

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Common Names

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Japansk sandfisk , Danish , Denmark

Japanese sandfish , English , Global

Sailfin sandfish , English , UK

Sailfin sandfish , English , USA

Sailfin sandfish , English , Alaska

Jaapani nõelhammas , Estonian , Estonia

Hietatähystäjä , Finnish , Finland

Toroumoque japonais , French , France

Toroumoque japonais , French , Global

Hatahata , German , Germany

Hatahata , Japanese , Japan

도루묵 , Korean , Korea (South)

日本叉牙魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

日本叉牙鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Peixe-areia-japonês , Portuguese , Portugal

волосозуб японский , Russian , Russia

Sandfisk , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

Family: Trichodontidae

Genus: Arctoscopus

Species: Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner, 1881)

Climate Zone

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bathydemersal

Location

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North Pacific: Aleutian Islands (one record) to Okhotsk and Japan seas.

Biology

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Found on sandy-mud bottoms (Ref. 559). Cultured and released for fishery in Japan.

Habitat

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bathydemersal