Acropoma

<i>Acropoma</i>

Acropoma

Genus of fish

Acropoma is a genus of 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.[2]

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Species

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

References

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  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Acropoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. [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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acropoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

Additional reading

  • Ghedotti, Michael J., Josephine N. Gruber, Ryan W. Barton, Matthew P. Davis and W. Leo Smith. “Morphology and evolution of bioluminescent organs in the glowbellies (Percomorpha: Acropomatidae) with comments on the taxonomy and phylogeny of Acropomatiformes.” Journal of Morphology 279 (2018): 1640 - 1653.
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