Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 19 - 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 5; Anal spines: 7 - 8; Anal soft rays: 4 - 5. Acanthoplesiops species with the following autapomorphic character states: 1) anterior two thirds of belly naked and 2) first two (instead of only the 1st) pterygiophores of dorsal-fin spines inserted between 2nd and 3rd neural spines.

Common Names

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Barebelly longfin , English , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

Fuchidori-tanabata-uo , Japanese , Japan

滑腹棘銀寶魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

滑腹棘银宝鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

滑腹若棘鮗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Plesiopidae

Genus: Acanthoplesiops

Species: Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy, 1985

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Western Pacific: known only from southern Japan, Taiwan, and Philippines.

Biology

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Cryptic and rarely seen (Ref. 90102). Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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demersal