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Sparidae
Japanese blue-spotted seabream
Amamiichthys matsubarai
The sole genus member endemic to Amami
- Blue
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Blue
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
LargeAmamiichthys is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. Its only species is Amamiichthys matsubarai, the Japanese blue-spotted seabream or hosheirenko. This species is endemic to the Amami Islands of southern Japan.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Amamiichthys
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Class
Family
