Acropoma arafurensis, the Arafura lanternbelly, is a species of bioluminescent lanternbelly native to the Western Pacific Ocean. It was described from pair of specimens found in the Arafura Sea. The known specimens measure 57.3–76.2 mm (2.26–3.00 in)[1]
| Arafura lanternbelly | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Acropomatidae |
| Genus: | Acropoma |
| Species: | A. arafurensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acropoma arafurensis | |
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| Map range of Acropoma arafurensis | |
Size
editThis species reaches a length of 7.6 cm (3.0 in).[2]
References
edit- ^ Makoto Okamoto; Jeffrey T. Williams; Kent E. Carpenter; Mudjekeewis Dalisay Santos & Seishi Kimura (2019). "Description of a new species of the genus Acropoma (Acropomatidae) from the Arafura Sea with a redescription of Acropoma leobergi Prokofiev 2018 and the first record of Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue and Matsuura 2002 from the South China Sea". Ichthyological Research. 67: 39–49. doi:10.1007/s10228-019-00696-8.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acropoma arafurensis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
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