Red tilefish
Red tilefish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Malacanthidae |
Genus: | Branchiostegus |
Species: | B. japonicus |
Binomial name | |
Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) | |
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Branchiostegus japonicus, the Red tilefish or the Horsehead tilefish, is a species of tilefish native to the western Pacific Ocean. It can be found on sandy mud substrates at depths of from 30 to 200 metres (98 to 656 ft). This species grows to a length of 46 centimetres (18 in) TL though most are around 35 centimetres (14 in). The greatest recorded weight for this species is 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb). It is a commercially important species.[2]
References
- ↑ Dooley, J., Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Fritzsche, R. & Carpenter, K. 2010. Branchiostegus japonicus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 January 2014.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Branchiostegus japonicus" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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