Acropoma Explained

Acropoma is a genus of fish in the family Acropomatidae, the temperate ocean-basses or lanternbellies. They are native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. They are characterized by a ventral luminous organ that has a luminous gland, a lens, and a reflector. The shape of the luminous organ helps distinguish the species in the genus.

Species

The following species are currently recognised as being members of this genus:

• Acropoma arafurensis Okamoto, J.T. Williams, K.E. Carpenter, M. D. Santos & Seishi Kimura, 2019^[1]
• Acropoma argentistigma Okamoto & H. Ida, 2002
• Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2002
• Acropoma hanedai Matsubara, 1953
• Acropoma heemstrai Okamoto & Golani, 2017^[2]
• Acropoma japonicum Günther, 1859 (Glowbelly)
• Acropoma lecorneti Fourmanoir, 1988
• Acropoma lacrima Okamoto & Golani 2017^[2]
• Acropoma leobergi Prokofiev, 2018^[3]
• Acropoma musorstom, Okamoto, J. E. Randall, Motomura, 2021
• Acropoma neglectum Okamoto & Golani 2017^[2]
• Acropoma profundum Okamoto, 2014 (Solomon's lanternbelly) ^[4]
• Acropoma splendens (Lloyd, 1909)

Additional reading

• Ghedotti, Michael J., Josephine N. Gruber, Ryan W. Barton, Matthew P. Davis and W. Leo Smith. “Morphology and evolution of bioluminescent organs in the glowbellies (Percomorpha: Acropomatidae) with comments on the taxonomy and phylogeny of Acropomatiformes.” Journal of Morphology 279 (2018): 1640 - 1653.

Notes and References

1. Makoto Okamoto . Jeffrey T. Williams . Kent E. Carpenter . Mudjekeewis Dalisay Santos . Seishi Kimura . amp . 2019 . Description of a new species of the genus Acropoma (Acropomatidae) from the Arafura Sea with a redescription of Acropoma leobergi Prokofiev 2018 and the first record of Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue and Matsuura 2002 from the South China Sea . 10.1007/s10228-019-00696-8 . Ichthyological Research . 67 . 39–49.
2. Makoto Okamoto . Daniel Golani. amp . 2018 . Three new species of the genus Acropoma (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from the Indian Ocean . Ichthyological Research . 65 . 101–114 . 10.1007/s10228-017-0595-2. Abstract
3. A.M. Prokofiev . 2018 . New Species of Luminous Percoids of the Acropoma Genus (Acropomatidae) . Journal of Ichthyology . 58 . 6 . 39–943 . 10.1134/S0032945218060152 . Abstract
4. Okamoto, M. (2014). Acropoma profundum, a new species of lanternbelly (Teleostei: Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from the Solomon Islands. Species Diversity, 19 (1): 9-14.