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Kopua japonica

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Kopua japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Kopua
Species:
K. japonica
Binomial name
Kopua japonica

Kopua japonica, the Japanese ceepwater clingfish, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found in the Northwest Pacific, the East China Sea and Japan. This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in).[1]


References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kopua japonica". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  • Moore, G.I., B. Hutchins and M. Okamoto, 2012. A new species of the deepwater clingfish genus Kopua (Gobiesociformes: Gobiesocidae) from the East China Sea - an example of antitropicality? Zootaxa 3380:34-38