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Pacific jellynose fish

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Pacific jellynose fish
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ateleopodiformes
Family: Ateleopodidae
Genus: Ateleopus
Species:
A. japonicus
Binomial name
Ateleopus japonicus
Bleeker, 1853

The pacific jellynose fish (Ateleopus japonicus) (Shachiburi, 鯱振 in Japanese) is a species of jellynose fish in the family Ateleopodidae. It can grow up to a length of 95 cm, but is more commonly found at lengths of 35 cm. There is one other species in its genus.[1] It feeds on prawns, and is harmless to humans.[1] It is benthic, and lives at depths from 140 to 600 meters,[1] but it may rise up to 100 meters at night, in areas like China, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Taiwan, and Vietnam in the Indo-Pacific.[2] It is a rare fish to encounter, and its population seems to be stable, but it may be a bycatch in fisheries.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ateleopus japonicus summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  2. ^ a b "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-03-03.