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Hime japonica (Günther, 1877)

Japanese thread-sail fish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Outside distributional range (Ref. 94775). Museum: USNM 135569 (at about 200 m; accdg. to pers. comm. of V. G. Springer, specimens not found at USNM) (Ref. 7434). Also Ref. 559, 9137, 11230.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gomon, M.F., C.D. Struthers and A.L. Stewart, 2013
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Aulopidae (Aulopus)
Etymology:   More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 85 - 510 m (Ref. 58302).   Tropical

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