WoRMS taxon details
Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
276739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276739)
accepted
Species
Brachiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766 · unaccepted
Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782 · unaccepted
Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted
Coryphaenoides houttuynii Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) · unaccepted
Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Branchiostegus japonicus auratus (Kishinouye, 1907) accepted as Branchiostegus auratus (Kishinouye, 1907) (senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782) Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. <em>Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.</em> v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.
page(s): 315 [details]
page(s): 315 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276739 on 2026-08-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782) Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. <em>Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.</em> v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.
page(s): 315 [details]
original description (of Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907) Kishinouye, K. (1907). The three species of Latilus in Japan. <em>Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo.</em> v. 19 (no. 220): 56-60. [In Japanese.]. [details]
original description (of Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 219, 220 [details]
original description (of Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782) Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. <em>Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.</em> v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.
page(s): 315 [details]
original description (of Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907) Kishinouye, K. (1907). The three species of Latilus in Japan. <em>Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo.</em> v. 19 (no. 220): 56-60. [In Japanese.]. [details]
original description (of Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 219, 220 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アカアマダイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Branchiostegus japonicus)
To FishBase (from synonym Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides houttuynii Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766)
To FishBase (from synonym Brachiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907)
To GenBank (211 nucleotides; 80 proteins) (from synonym Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782))
To GenBank (211 nucleotides; 80 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Branchiostegus japonicus FIN027275 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Branchiostegus japonicus FIN027276 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Branchiostegus japonicus)
To FishBase (from synonym Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides houttuynii Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766)
To FishBase (from synonym Brachiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907)
To GenBank (211 nucleotides; 80 proteins) (from synonym Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782))
To GenBank (211 nucleotides; 80 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Branchiostegus japonicus FIN027275 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Branchiostegus japonicus FIN027276 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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