Ara (fish)

The ara (Niphon spinosus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the monospecific genus Niphon which is in the monotypic tribe of the Niphonini which is part of the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. 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.[2] The tribe Niphonini is the sister to the other four tribes of Epinephelinae and it has been posited that it represents a basal lineage within this subfamily.[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]

Ara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Tribe: Niphonini
D. S. Jordan, 1923[1]
Genus: Niphon
Cuvier, 1828
Species:
N. spinosus
Binomial name
Niphon spinosus
Cuvier, 1828

References
  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Niphon spinosus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. G. David Johnson (1983). "Niphon spinosus: A Primitive Epinepheline Serranid, with Comments on the Monophyly and Intrarelationships of the Serranidae". Copeia. 777. doi:10.2307/1444346.
  4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Niphon spinosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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