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Polymixia japonica Günther, 1877

Silver eye
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Japan country information

Common names: Ginmedai, Japanese beardfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from southern Japan (south of Sagami Bay) (Ref. 11230).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Polymixiiformes (Beardfishes) > Polymixiidae (Beardfishes)
Etymology: Polymixia: Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, myxos = mucus (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Günther.

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

seewasser bathypelagisch; tiefenbereich 160 - 628 m (Ref. 10919).   Deep-water; 40°N - 6°N, 97°E - 154°W

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

Western Pacific: Sagami Bay, Japan to the East China Sea; Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897). Eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 58302).

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 10919); common length : 20.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 9137)

Kurzbeschreibung Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt): 4 - 6; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt): 31-35; Afterflossenstacheln 4; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 13 - 17; Wirbelzahl: 29

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Found in middle to benthic zone with sandy mud bottom (Ref. 11230). Also Ref. 58302.

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993. Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)


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