Diagnostic Description
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Head scales reaching forward to between level of anterior margin of eyes and posterior nostrils. Suborbital naked. Lower limb of preopercle naked. Pelvic fins moderately long, reaching to or almost to level of anus. Lobes of caudal fin pointed, more or less equal in length. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper half of body yellowish, lower half whitish.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7
Trophic Strategy
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Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).
Biology
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Sporadic distribution (Ref. 48635), but mostly in deeper offshore waters. Sometimes enters shallow estuaries or harbors (Ref. 48635). Solitary or in small groups (Ref. 90102). Feeds on small shrimps. Rarely caught.
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- Kent E. Carpenter
Importance
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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分布
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分布於印度-西太平洋區，由日本南部，南至澳洲西北部。台灣南部海域可發現。
利用
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本種魚極少見，因此漁獲並不很多，偶而利用手釣、延繩釣等漁法捕獲。
描述
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體極為延長，側扁，略呈梭子型；頭端尖細，頭背幾成直線，兩眼間隔區不隆突。吻中大。眼大；眶下骨的後上角具無銳棘，下緣平滑，上緣不具前向棘。口中大，端位；具犬齒，且下頜前端之二枚犬齒向外呈微斜之水平方向突出；鋤骨、腭骨及舌面均不具齒。第一鰓弓下枝鰓耙數6-7。頭部鱗域向前伸展僅至後鼻孔；前鰓蓋下部不具鱗；側線鱗數44-45。背鰭連續而無深刻，具硬棘
X，軟條9；臀鰭硬棘III，軟條 7；腹鰭幾達肛門；
尾鰭上下葉先端均不延長。體淺黃色，腹面銀白色，體側有一黃帶自吻端直行至尾鰭。背鰭黃色；胸鰭與尾鰭紅色；臀與腹鰭透明。Lee(1986)首次紀錄本種。台灣魚類誌之照片實為黃帶錐齒鯛(P.
aureofasciatus)之誤鑑。本種與黃帶錐齒鯛主要差異在體較狹長，尾部為淡黃色。
棲地
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主要棲息於較深之珊瑚礁岩地區，以珊瑚礁區的小生物或水層中的浮游動物為食，在台灣南部海域常見。
Pentapodus nagasakiensis
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The Japanese whiptail or Japanese butterfish (Pentapodus nagasakiensis) is a species of marine fish in the coral bream family (Nemipteridae) of order Perciformes. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean.
Distribution
It is found in the western Pacific from southern Japan, the South China Sea, and Indonesia (Lombok) to northern Australia. The fish have been reported from Lizard Island and Lihou Reef in the Great Barrier Reef.[1]
Description
The maximum recorded size of this species is 20 cm. Its color is tan or yellow grading to white on the belly, often with a pair of yellowish stripes separated by a white band centrally on the sides.[1] Its pelvic fins are moderately long, reaching to or almost to the level of the anus. Lobes of its caudal fin are pointed, and more or less equal in length.
Habitat
Generally seen below 15 m deep[1] in deeper offshore waters, it occasionally ventures into shallow estuaries and harbors. Usually, it is found solitary or in small groups. It feeds on small shrimp.
Conservation status
Not evaluated Other noteworthy information (life-cycle, breeding, etc.)
Etymology
The generic name Pentapodus is from the Greek, pente = five and pous = feet. The specific name nagasakiensis means of Nagasaki.
References
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^ a b c Randall, John E.; Allen, Gerald R.; Steene, Roger C. (1997). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea (second ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0 8248 1895 4.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Pentapodus nagasakiensis" in FishBase. March 2014 version.
"Pentapodus nagasakiensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 18 March 2014.
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Pentapodus nagasakiensis: Brief Summary
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The Japanese whiptail or Japanese butterfish (Pentapodus nagasakiensis) is a species of marine fish in the coral bream family (Nemipteridae) of order Perciformes. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean.
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