Japanese soldierfish
| Japanese soldierfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Holocentridae |
| Genus: | Ostichthys |
| Species: | O. japonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ostichthys japonicus Valenciennes, 1862[1] | |
The Japanese soldierfish (known also as brocade perch), Ostichthys japonicus, is a soldierfish species belonging to the Holocentridae family.
It is found in the West Pacific, from southern Japan to the Andaman Islands, and near Australia. It is also known from Fiji and Tuvalu.[2]
In Japan, Japanese soldierfish is known as Ebisu dai (恵比寿 鯛).
References
- ↑ Ostichthys japonicus - The Taxonomicon
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Ostichthys japonicus " in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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