''Acropoma hanedai'' is a species of

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, a lanternbelly from the

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. It occurs in the north-western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Taiwan. It is a

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which is caught by

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.Okamoto, M., 2014. Acropoma profundum, a new species of lanternbelly (Teleostei: Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from the Solomon Islands. Species Diversity 19:9-14.

Size

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Yata Haneda (1907-1995), who studied luminescent organisms, including the lanternbellies, and established the Haneda Luminous Pisces Collection at the Yokosuka City Museum in Japan.

References

hanedai Taxa named by Kiyomatsu Matsubara Fish described in 1953 {{Acropomatiformes-stub