Kochichthys

Kochichthys is a monotypic genus of percomorph fish from the family Pinguipedidae.[1] The only species in the genus, Kochichthys flaviofasciatus,[2] is found in the western Pacific in the waters around Japan, having been recorded only from Tosa Bay in Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.[2]

Kochichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Kochichthys
Kamohara, 1961
Species:
K. flavofasciatus
Binomial name
Kochichthys flavofasciatus
(Kamohara, 1936)
Synonyms
  • Neopercis flavofasciata Kamohara, 1936
  • Kochichthys flavofasciata (Kamohara, 1936)

References
  1. Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Kochichthys Kamohara, 1961". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Kochichthys falvofasciatus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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