Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1853
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The pacific jellynose fish (Ateleopus japonicus) (Shachiburi, 鯱振 in Japanese) is a species of jellynose fish in the family Ateleopodidae. It can grow up to a length of 95 cm, but is more commonly found at lengths of 35 cm. There is one other species in its genus. It feeds on prawns, and is harmless to humans. It is benthic, and lives at depths from 140 to 600 meters, but it may rise up to 100 meters at night, in areas like China, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Taiwan, and Vietnam in the Indo-Pacific. It is a rare fish to encounter, and its population seems to be stable, but it may be a bycatch in fisheries.
Wikipedia contributors, Pacific jellynose fish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:05:57.470988+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1853
- Name authority
- Bleeker, 1853
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ateleopodiformes
- Family
- Ateleopodidae
- Genus
- Ateleopus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAteleopodiformes
- familyAteleopodidae Bonaparte, 1850
- genusAteleopus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- speciesAteleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1853
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ateleopus natalensis Regan, 1921 Regan, 1921 | synonym |
| Ateleopus purpureus Tanaka, 1915 Tanaka, 1915 | synonym |
| Atelopus japonicus Bleeker, 1853 Bleeker, 1853 | synonym |
| Ateleopus tanabensis Tanaka, 1918 Tanaka, 1918 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bleeker, P. (1853). Nalezingen op de ichthyologie van Japan. Verhandelingen van Het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten En Wetenschappen, v. 25 (art. 7): 1–56, 1 pl. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5W7L6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.