- Japanese gissu
Taxobox
name = Japanese gissu
image_width=250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Perciformes
familia =Albulidae
genus =Pterothrissus
species = "P. gissu"
binomial = "Pterothrissus gissu"
binomial_authority =Hilgendorf , 1877The Japanese gissu, "Pterothrissus gissu", is asaltwater fish species of theAlbulidae family. The Japanese Gissu is a rare albulid fish that is distributed in deep water offJapan . This fish is known to pass through aleptocephalus larval stage, but only metamorphosed (after reaching the fully grown stage) specimens have been available.
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