Acropoma argentistigma

Acropoma argentistigma is a species of ray-finned fish, a lanternbelly from the family Acropomatidae. It is dound in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Thailand. It is caught in local fisheries and reaches a maximum standard length of 10.4 centimetres (4.1 in).[1] This species was formally described in 2002 by Makoto Okamoto and Hitoshi Ida from types collected at Phuket fish market.[2] In 2012 a specimen was taken off the east coast of India in the Bay of Bengal.[3]

Acropoma argentistigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acropomatidae
Genus: Acropoma
Species:
A. argentistigma
Binomial name
Acropoma argentistigma
Okamoto & Ida, 2002

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). "Acropoma argentistigma" in FishBase. December 2020 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Acropoma argentistigma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. Prasanna Yennawar; Dipanjan Ray & Anil Mohapatra (2012). "First record of Acropoma argentistigma from Indian waters". Marine Biodiversity Records. 5 (e65). doi:10.1017/S1755267212000449.
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