Dusky velvetfish

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Dusky velvetfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Aploactinidae
Genus: Aploactis
Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Species:
A. aspera
Binomial name
Aploactis aspera
Synonyms[1]
  • Synanceia aspera Richardson, 1845

The dusky velvetfish (Aploactis aspera) is a

Aploactinidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aploactis. This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean
.

Taxonomy

The dusky velvetfish was first formally

superfamily within the order Perciformes.[7] The name of the genus, Aploactis is a compound of "haplo" meaning "single" or "simple", and actis, meaning "ray", presumed to refer to the simple, unbranched soft rays of the fins. the specific name aspera means "rough", an allusion to the velvety prickles in the ody of this fish.[8]

Description

The dusky velvetfish has an elongate, compressed body. There are 2 blunt lacrimal spines, 5 preopercular spines with the smallest being the lowest. It has

anal fin. The maximum published total length for the dusky velvetfish is 10 cm (3.9 in). [1]

Distribution and habitat

The dusky velvetfish is found in the Western Pacific Ocean and the Eastern Indian Ocean where it has been recorded from Japan, China, New Caledonia and Australia, [1][9][10] In Australia it is found from Shark Bay to Rowlet Shoals in Western Australia and from Cape York in Queensland to Sydney in New South Wales.[11] The demersal species is found in inshore waters of the continental shelf on sandy or mud bottoms in shallow waters.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Aploactis aspera" in FishBase. February 2022 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Aploactis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Aploactininae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original
    on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  5. doi:10.1643/CG-17-669
    .
  6. ^ Willingham, AJ (13 April 2018). "Stonefish are already scary, and now scientists have found they have switchblades in their heads". CNN.
  7. PMID 28683774
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  8. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (10 March 2022). "Order Perciformes (Part 10): Suborder Scorpaenoidei: Families Apistidae, Tetrarogidae, Synanceiidae, Aploacrinidae, Perryenidae, Eschmeyeridae, Pataecidae, Gnathanacanthidae, Congiopodidae and Zanclorhynchidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Aploactis aspera Dusky Velvetfish". Malaysia Biodiversity Information System. Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Malaysia Biodiversity Centre & Forest Research Institute Malaysia. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  10. ISBN 978-1462921881
    .
  11. ^ Bray, D.J. (2019). "Aploactis aspera". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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