Ara (fish)
Appearance
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Ara | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Niphonidae D. S. Jordan, 1923[1] |
Genus: | Niphon Cuvier, 1828 |
Species: | N. spinosus
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Binomial name | |
Niphon spinosus Cuvier, 1828
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The ara (Niphon spinosus), otherwise known as the saw-edged perch or the Dageumbari (다금바리) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the monospecific genus Niphon in the monogeneric family Niphonidae.[2] It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan south to the Philippines where it inhabits rock reefs and inshore waters with rocky sea beds. This species can grow up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) in total length.[3] The ara was first formally described in 1828 by Georges Cuvier in the Histoire naturelle des poissons which he co-authored with Achille Valenciennes, the type locality was given as the Sea of Japan.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bembropidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Niphon spinosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Niphon spinosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2020.