Overview
Family : Beaked salmons ; Found in the sublittoral zone, 50-100 m on sandy mud bottom [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
鼠鱚
Common Names in Czech:
Jednovous Japonsk, Jednovous japonský
Common Names in English:
Bighead beaked sandfish
Common Names in Japanese:
Nezumigisu
Common Names in Korean:
Ap-Ch´i, Ap-ch'i, 압치
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
Shu xi, 老鼠梭, 鼠鱚
Common Names in Swedish:
Japansk N, Japansk Näbblax
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
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
()
- Order:
Gonorynchiformes
()
- Suborder:
Gonorynchoidei
()
- Family:
Gonorynchidae
()
-
- Genus:
Gonorynchus
()
- Gronow ex Scopoli, 1777
- Specific name:
abbreviatus
- Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Scientific name: - Gonorynchus abbreviatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Specific name:
abbreviatus
- Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Genus:
Gonorynchus
(
- Family:
Gonorynchidae
(
- Suborder:
Gonorynchoidei
(
- Order:
Gonorynchiformes
(
- 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
Gonorynchus abbreviatus Temminck & Schlegel
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Temminck, C.J. and H. Schlegel Pisces
. p.
1-325. In F.F. von Siebold (ed.) Fauna
japonica sive descriptio animalium,
quae in itinere per Japoniam jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum
in Indian Batavia imperium tenent suscepto annis 1823-1850 collegit,
notis, observationibus et adumbra-, 1846.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gonorynchus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. abbreviatus (Bighead Beaked Sandfish) · G. forsteri (Sandfish) · G. gonorhynchus (Beaked Sandfish) · G. gonorynchus (Beaked Sandfish) · G. greyi (Shark Whiting) · G. moseleyi (Beaked Sandfish)
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Further Reading
- 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.
- Shao, K.-T. (1997). A checklist of fishes recorded in Taiwan and their distribution around Taiwan. Unpublished database, version of April 1997.
- Temminck, C.J. and H. Schlegel Pisces. p. 1-325. In F.F. von Siebold (ed.) Fauna japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in Indian Batavia imperium tenent suscepto annis 1823-1850 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbra-, 1846.
- 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.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 14 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Williams, Jeffrey T. (from FishBase).
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 127863
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-52741
- Fishbase Species ID: 22888
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13807532
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 640056
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 111645
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]
