Percis japonica (Pallas 1769)
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Scorpaeniformes
- family
- Agonidae
- genus
- Percis
- species
- Percis japonica
description
Dragon Poacher. To 46 cm (18.1 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2016). Seas of Japan and Okhotsk to Commander and Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea to Gulf of Alaska to Juneau, Alaska; only two Gulf of Alaska records (Mecklenburg et al. 2016). Benthic; depth: 19 – 770 m (63 – 2,526 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2016; max.: Tokranov and Orlov 2008). Sometimes seen spelled japonicus, the specific name is correctly spelled japonica to agree in gender (feminine) with Percis.
Name
- Homonyms
- Percis japonica (Pallas 1769)