Overview
Family : Tilefishes ; Found in the sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms [1]. Most common of Japanese tilefishes[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Cantonese:
Ma Tau
Common Names in Chinese:
Ma Tau
Common Names in Danish:
Rød Teglfisk
Common Names in English:
Japanese Horsehead Fish, Horse head, Horse-head fish, Horsehead, Horsehead tilefish, Red horsehead, Red Tilefish
Common Names in Japanese:
Aka-Ama-Dai, Aka-Amadai
Common Names in Korean:
Ok-Tom, 옥돔
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
Fang T, Fāng Tóu Yú, Rì Běn Fāng Tóu Yú, 日本方头鱼, 日本方頭魚, 日本馬頭魚, 日本马头鱼, 馬頭, 马头
Common Names in Spanish:
Blanquillo
Description
Physical Description
Species Branchiostegus japonicus
Males are commonly 35 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 46 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
May be found at depths of 30 to 200 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1,479 meters (0 to -4,852 feet).[3]
Ecology:
Branchiostegus japonicus occurs in the sublittoral zone
over sandy-muddy, or shell-sand-mud substrates and has a depth range
of 30 - 265 m
but is commonly caught at depths of 80 - 200 m (Dooley
1999). This species inhabits a burrow that is constructed in the
sea
bottom
, by digging into the sand
and mud
. Branchiostegus
japonicus has been observed to show site fidelity
, and use burrows
to escape
predators
and for resting at night (Mitamura et al.
2005).
There is sexual dimorphism and potentially protogynous
hermaphroditism
(J. Dooley pers.comm. 2009). There are also sexual
differences in distributions with males typically occupying greater
depths (Yamashita 2007).[4].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.4 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy
- 9.5 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy-Mud [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Percoidei
()
-
- Family:
Malacanthidae
()
- Subfamily:
Latilinae
()
- Genus:
Branchiostegus
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Specific name:
japonicus
- (Houttuyn, 1782)
- Scientific name: - Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
- Specific name:
japonicus
- (Houttuyn, 1782)
- Genus:
Branchiostegus
(
- Subfamily:
Latilinae
(
- Family:
Malacanthidae
(
- Suborder:
Percoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Brachiostegus japonicus • Brachiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn • Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier • Coryphaena branchiostega • Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus • Coryphaena japonica • Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn • Coryphaenoides houttuynii • Coryphaenoides houttuynii Lacepède • Latilus japonicus • Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn • Latilus ruber • Latilus ruber Kishinouye
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Houttuyn, M.
Het onderscheid der salamanderen
van de haagdissen in 't algemeen, en
van de gekkos in 't byzonder
aangetoond. Venhandelingen Uitgegeven door
het Zeeuwsch Genootschap
der Wetenschappen te Vlissingen, ser. 1 , 9: 305-336., 1782.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 05-Oct-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Branchiostegus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. albus (White Horsehead) · B. argentatus (Silver Horsehead) · B. auratus (Tilefish) · B. australiensis (Australian Tilefish) · B. doliatus (Ribbed Tilefish) · B. hedlandensis (Port Hedland Tilefish) · B. japonicus (Japanese Horsehead Fish) · B. paxtoni (Paxton's Tilefish) · B. sawakinensis (Freckled Tilefish) · B. semifasciatus (Zebra Tilefish) · B. serratus (Australian Barred Tilefish) · B. wardi (Ward´s Sleeper)
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Further Reading
- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 50.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 124, p. 145, p. 59.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 226.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 232, p. 319, p. 320, p. 322, p. 324, p. 40, p. 572, p. 707.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , p. 553.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Dooley, J., Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Fritzsche, R. & Carpenter, K. 2010. Branchiostegus japonicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3863069
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31031
- Fishbase Species ID: 4593
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13849449
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 645602
- IUCN ID: 195930
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 105066
Footnotes
- Yamada, U., S. Shirai, T. Irie, M. Tokimura, S. Deng, Y. Zheng, C. Li, Y.U. Kim and Y.S. Kim (1995). Names and Illustrations of Fishes from the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. [back]
- Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984). The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1 (text). Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text), 370 pls. [back]
- Mean = -145.380 meters (-476.969 feet), Standard Deviation = 660.120 based on 34 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Dooley, J., Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Fritzsche, R. & Carpenter, K. 2010. Branchiostegus japonicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
