Banjos banjos
| Banjos banjos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Superfamily: | Percoidea |
| Family: | Banjosidae D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1912 |
| Genus: | Banjos Bleeker, 1876 |
| Species: | B. banjos |
| Binomial name | |
| Banjos banjos (J. Richardson, 1846) | |
The banjofish (Banjos banjos) is a perciform fish, the only species in the monotypic genus Banjos and in the family Banjosidae.
It is native to coastal waters of the western Pacific Ocean, from Japan to the South China Sea.
It grows up to 20 cm (7.9 in) in standard length.[1]
References
- "Banjos banjos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Banjos banjos" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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