Acanthoplesiops naka

Acanthoplesiops naka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	Plesiopidae
Genus:	Acanthoplesiops
Species:	A. naka'
Binomial name
	Acanthoplesiops naka'; & , 2004

Acanthoplesiops naka is a species of fish belonging to the family Plesiopidae. It is only known from a single specimen of about 1 cm standard length collected from , Tonga, in 1993.^[1]

This is a generally brown fish with small blackish spots. The caudal peduncle and the tips of the fins are pale. It can be distinguished from congeners by the unique number of dorsal fin spines (18).

References[]

^ Randall D. Mooi & Anthony C. Gill (2004). "Description of a new species of the fish genus Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae) from Tonga" (PDF). Zootaxa. 432: 1–10. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.432.1.1.

This class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] Randall D. Mooi & Anthony C. Gill (2004). "Description of a new species of the fish genus Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae) from Tonga" (PDF). Zootaxa. 432: 1–10. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.432.1.1.

[1]