Branchiostegus japonicus

Branchiostegus japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Malacanthidae
Genus: Branchiostegus
Species:
B. japonicus
Binomial name
Branchiostegus japonicus
(Houttuyn, 1782)
Synonyms[2]
  • Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782
  • Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
  • Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766 (ambiguous name, questionably applied to this species)
  • Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacépède, 1801 (ambiguous name, questionably applied to this species)
  • Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907

Branchiostegus japonicus, the horsehead tilefish, Japanese horsehead tilefish, red amadai or the red tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Dooley, J.; Matsuura, K.; Collette, B.; Nelson, J.; Fritzsche, R.; Carpenter, K. (2010). "Branchiostegus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155243A4755945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155243A4755945.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Branchiostegus japonicus". FishBase. December 2013 version.