Acropoma argentistigma Okamoto & Ida, 2002
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
Acropoma argentistigma is a species of ray-finned fish, a lanternbelly from the family Acropomatidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Thailand. It is caught in local fisheries and reaches a maximum standard length of 10.4 centimetres (4.1 in). This species was formally described in 2002 by Makoto Okamoto and Hitoshi Ida from types collected at the Phuket fish market. In 2012 a specimen was taken off the east coast of India in the Bay of Bengal.
Wikipedia contributors, Acropoma argentistigma; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:56:57.788498+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acropoma argentistigma Okamoto & Ida, 2002
- Name authority
- Okamoto & Ida, 2002
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acropomatiformes
- Family
- Acropomatidae
- Genus
- Acropoma
- 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
- orderAcropomatiformes
- familyAcropomatidae Gill, 1893
- genusAcropoma Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
- speciesAcropoma argentistigma Okamoto & Ida, 2002
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acropoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Acropoma hanedai Matsubara, 1953 | AcropomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| glow-bellyAcropoma japonicum Günther, 1859 | AcropomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acropoma lecorneti Fourmanoir, 1988 | AcropomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acropoma profundum Okamoto, 2014 | AcropomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acropoma leobergi Prokofiev, 2018 | AcropomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acropoma musorstom Okamoto, Randall & Motomura, 2021 | AcropomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acropoma aurora Schwarzhans, 2019 | AcropomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
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.
- Okamoto, M., & Ida, H. (2002). Acropoma argentistigma, a new species from the Andaman Sea, off southern Thailand (Perciformes: Acropomatidae). Ichthyol. Res., 49. 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:64NMM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.