Black scraper
| Black scraper | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Thamnaconus |
| Species: | T. modestus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thamnaconus modestus Günther, 1877 | |
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The black scraper (Thamnaconus modestus) is a species of filefish in the family Monacanthidae. It is found in the temperate waters in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. It is commercially fished in China, and has been successfully aquacultured.[1]
Sources
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thamnaconus modestus". FishBase. February 2015 version.
"Thamnaconus modestus" .IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019
References
[edit]- ↑ NOAA Central Library (2000) Fishing Industry in China Archived 2009-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
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