''Centroberyx rubricaudus'' is a member of the
family
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Berycidae
Berycidae is a small family of deep-sea fishes, related to the squirrelfishes. The family includes the alfonsino
The alfonsino (''Beryx decadactylus''), also known as the alfonsin, longfinned beryx, red bream, or imperador, is a species of dee ...
. Originally thought to be
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Taiwan
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,
there has been a reported catch of ''C. rubricaudus'' at the
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...
in the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
.
[Kumar, D., et al. "First record of Centroberyx rubricaudus (Liu and Shen, 1985) (Beryciforms: Berycidae) from Indian waters (Andaman Islands)." Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences 41(1):871-875. March 2012]
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Berycidae
Fish described in 1985
Fish of the Indian Ocean
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Fish of Taiwan
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