Description

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Common Names

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Japansk rørnæse , Danish , Denmark

Tube-snout , English , UK

Tubenose , English , UK

Jaapani pikknina , Estonian , Estonia

Kudayagara , Japanese , Japan

실비늘치 , Korean , Korea (South)

管刺魚(管魚) , Mandarin Chinese , China

管刺鱼(管鱼) , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei

Family: Hypoptychidae

Genus: Aulichthys

Species: Aulichthys japonicus Brevoort, 1862

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Northwest Pacific: northern Japan and the eastern Korean Peninsula.

Biology

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Found in vegetated shallow waters. Spawning occurs in early summer. The eggs are laid in the peribranchial cavity of an ascidian.

Habitat

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benthopelagic