Yellow-spotted snapper - Yellow-spotted snapper

Japanese: キホウボウ(黄魴鮄) - キホウボウ

A general term for marine fishes belonging to the Peristediidae family of the Scorpaeniformes order, or one of these species. They resemble gurnards (family Gurnardidae), but are distinguished by their bony plates covering their bodies, the two soft rays on the lower part of their pectoral fins that are separated and finger-like, and the complex branching barbels on their lower jaws. Thirteen species from four genera are known to exist in the waters off Japan: Peristedion orientale, Peristedion thriceifolia, Peristedion orientale, and Peristedion orientale. The Peristedion orientale (illustration) is found on the continental shelf south of central Honshu at depths of about 200m, and lives in the shallowest depths of any fish in this family.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

カサゴ目キホウボウ科Peristediidaeに属する海産魚の総称，またはそのうちの1種を指す。ホウボウ(ホウボウ科)に似ているが，体が骨質の板で覆われること，胸びれ下部の2軟条が遊離して指状となること，下あごには複雑に枝分れしたひげがあることなどで区別される。日本近海からはオニキホウボウ属，イトキホウボウ属，キホウボウ属，ヒゲキホウボウ属の4属13種が知られている。キホウボウPeristedion orientale（イラスト）は本州中部以南の水深200m前後の大陸棚に分布し，本科中もっとも浅いところで生活する。

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