Acanthoplesiops naka

Taxobox
name = "Acanthoplesiops naka"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Plesiopidae
genus = "Acanthoplesiops"
species = "A. naka"
binomial = "Acanthoplesiops naka"
binomial_authority = Mooi & Gill, 2004

"Acanthoplesiops naka" is a species of fish belonging to the family Plesiopidae. It is only known from a single specimen of about 1 cm standard length collected from Ofolanga Island, Tonga in 1993.

This is a generally brown fish with small blackish spots. The caudal peduncle and the tips of the fins are pale. It can be distinguished from congeners by the unique number of dorsal fin spines (18).

References

*cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/zt00432.pdf |title=Description of a new species of the fish genus "Acanthoplesiops" Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae) from Tonga |journal=Zootaxa |volume=432 |year=2004 |author=Randall D. Mooi & Anthony C. Gill |pages=1–10