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Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1853

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 0. Longest ray of pelvic fin thin, long reaching to or near tip of pectoral fin. Lip of upper jaw thin. Upper jaw with a short band of villiform teeth; lower jaw, palatine, pre vomer and tongue toothless. Body purplish-brown, semi-transparent. Attain 95 cm SL.

Common Names

  • Pacific jellynose fish , English , Australia
  • Pacific jellynose fish , English , Malaysia
  • Tadpole fish , English , Malaysia
  • Shachiburi , Japanese , Japan
  • 꼬리치 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • Berudu Jepun , Malay , Malaysia
  • Ikan berudu , Malay , Malaysia
  • 日本軟腕魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 日本软腕鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 日本辫鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 日本辮魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Cá A-tê-lê-ốp Nhật bản , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ateleopodiformes

    Family: Ateleopodidae

    Genus: Ateleopus

    Species: Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1853

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: southern Japan. More recent works report of its occurrence in Taiwan (Ref. 5193), Malaysia (Ref. 5756) and the Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897).

    • Biology

    Feeds on prawns (Ref. 27550).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal