Acropoma

Acropoma
Temporal range: Early Eocene to present
Acropoma japonicum
Acropoma leobergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Acropomatidae
Genus: Acropoma
Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Type species
Acropoma japonicum
Günther, 1859

Acropoma is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Acropomatidae, the temperate ocean-basses or lanternbellies. They are native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. They are characterized by a ventral luminous organ that has a luminous gland, a lens, and a reflector. The shape of the luminous organ helps distinguish the species in the genus.

Species

The following species are currently recognised as being members of this genus:

Fossil specimen of Acropoma lepidotum

The fossil species †Acropoma lepidotum (Agassiz, 1836) is known from the Early Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy. An indeterminate Acropoma species is also known from fossil remains from the Middle Miocene of Italy.

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Acropoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 Okamoto, M. (2014). Acropoma profundum, a new species of lanternbelly (Teleostei: Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from the Solomon Islands. Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Species Diversity, 19 (1): 9-14.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 3 Makoto Okamoto & Daniel Golani (2018). "Three new species of the genus Acropoma (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from the Indian Ocean". Ichthyological Research. 65: 101–114. doi:10.1007/s10228-017-0595-2. Abstract
  5. ↑ A.M. Prokofiev (2018). "New Species of Luminous Percoids of the Acropoma Genus (Acropomatidae)". Journal of Ichthyology. 58 (6): 39–943. doi:10.1134/S0032945218060152. Abstract
  6. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acropoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. ↑ Carnevale, G.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Marramà, G.; Tyler, James C.; Zorzin., R. (2014). "The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide" (PDF). Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 4 (1): i–xxvii. hdl:10088/25678.
  8. ↑ Carnevale, Giorgio (2007). "Fossil fishes from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) of Torricella Peligna, Italy". Palaeontographia Italica (91): 1–67.

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