Occella kasawae

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Occella kasawae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Occella
Species:
O. kasawae
Binomial name
Occella kasawae
(Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
Synonyms [1]
  • Iburiella kasawaeJordan & Hubbs, 1925
  • Occella kasawai(Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)

Occella kasawae is a fish in the family Agonidae. [2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Carl Leavitt Hubbs, originally in the genus Iburiella . [3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including the southern Okhotsk Sea and Hokkaido, Japan. It dwells at a depth range of 12–140 metres. [2]

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References

  1. Synonyms of Occella kasawae at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Occella kasawae at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Jordan, D. S. and C. L. Hubbs, 1925 (27 June) [ref. 2486] Record of fishes obtained by David Starr Jordan in Japan, 1922. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 2): 93-346, Pls. 5-12.