Japanese Bigeye

Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier 1829)

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Pristigenys niphonia (Japanese Bigeye) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family bigeyes.

EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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27.4 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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South China Sea
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4332
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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coastal
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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marine pelagic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000023
- Definition: The marine pelagic biome (pelagic meaning open sea) is that of the marine water column, from the surface to the greatest depths.
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has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Pseudopecoeloides tenuis Yamaguti 1940
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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67 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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16.546 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Japanese bigeye. View this species on GBIF

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. Allan Connell. Year: 2013. cc-by-nc