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Hemerocoetidae (Indo-Pacific duckbills)
Etymology: Acanthaphritis: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, phritto, phisso, to bristle (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Masami Uno and Akira Uno collected holotype and some paratypes from off Hyogo Prefecture, the Sea of Japan. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 100 m (Ref. 40966). Tropical
Western Pacific: Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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