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Acropoma leobergi

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Tropical lanternbelly
Acropoma leobergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Acropomatidae
Genus: Acropoma
Species:
A. leobergi
Binomial name
Acropoma leobergi

The Tropical lanternbelly, Acropoma leobergi is a species of the genus Acropoma described as having a luminous behind the anus that resembles a "U" in shape. The species is native to the Arafura Sea.[1][2]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Lev (or Leo) Semyonovich Berg (1876-1950), a Russian ichthyologist, after who the fishing vessel Academician Berg was also named, and from which the type specimens was collected in 1967.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Prokofiev, A. M. (2018-11-01). "A New Species of Luminous Percoids of the Acropoma Genus (Acropomatidae)". Journal of Ichthyology. 58 (6): 939–943. doi:10.1134/S0032945218060152. ISSN 1555-6425.
  2. ^ Okamoto, M., J.T. Williams, K.E. Carpenter, M.D. Santos and S. 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. Ichthyol. Res. 67:39-49.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ACROPOTAMIFORMES: Families SCOMBROPIDAE, CHAMPSODONTIDAE, CREEDIIDAE, HEMEROCOETIDAE, HOWELLIDAE, SYNAGROPIDAE, MALAKICHTHYIDAE, ACROPOMATIDAE, SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE, EPIGONIDAE, POLYPRIONIDAE, STEREOLEPIDIDAE, LATEOBRACIDAE, GLAUCOSOMATIDAE, PEMPHERIDAE, BATHYCLUPEIDAE, PENTACEROTIDAE, OSTRACOBERYCIDAE, BANJOSIDAE and DINOLESTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 May 2023.