WoRMS taxon details
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record
Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Seychelles. Ichthyological Bulletin 22. [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Elongate body with feeble cycloid scales, easily shed. Lateral line complete. 8-9 feeble spines in 1st dorsal. Some fin spines may be serrate. Canines and small teeth in bands in jaws. Teeth on vomer and palatine. Small fishes of deepish water of the Indo-Pacific, one species in the Western Indian Ocean; another one (S. philippiniensis) possibly occuring here. [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Type species Type species Melanostoma japonicum Steindachner & Döderlein, 1884 (Japan). Placed in Apogonidae by Smith <150>. [details]
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Japanese |
スミクイウオ属 |
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Norwegian Bokmål |
gressblomsterfluer [from synonym] |
[details] |
Norwegian Nynorsk |
grasblomsterfluger [from synonym] |
[details] |
Swedish |
gräsblomflugor [from synonym] |
[details] |
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