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(Redirected from Niphonidae) Species of ray-finned fish

Ara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Niphonidae
D. S. Jordan, 1923
Genus: Niphon
Cuvier, 1828
Species: N. spinosus
Binomial name
Niphon spinosus
Cuvier, 1828

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. 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. 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.

References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Niphon spinosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Niphon spinosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Niphon
Niphon spinosus
Niphonini


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