Ara (fish)

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Ara
File:Niphon spinosus Oga Aquarium 2.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Niphonidae
D. S. Jordan, 1923[1]
Genus: Niphon
Cuvier, 1828
Species:
N. spinosus
Binomial name
Niphon spinosus
Cuvier, 1828

The ara (Niphon spinosus), otherwise known as the saw-edged perch or the Dageumbari (다금바리) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the monospecific genus Niphon in the monogeneric family Niphonidae.[2] It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan south to the Philippines where it inhabits rock reefs and inshore waters with rocky sea beds. This species can grow up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) in total length.[3] The ara was first formally described in 1828 by Georges Cuvier in the Histoire naturelle des poissons which he co-authored with Achille Valenciennes, the type locality was given as the Sea of Japan.[4]

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