About this species
Sayonara japonica, the Japanese perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Anthiadidae described from Japan. It also occurs in the south-eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines north to Taiwan and Japan, and off of the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Names and classification
Other scientific names: Isobuna japonica, Paracirrhites japonicus, Plectranthias japonicus, Sayonara mitsukurii, Sayonara satsumae
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
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