''Pterothrissus gissu'', also known as the Japanese gissu, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Albulidae. The Japanese gissu is a rare fish that is distributed in deep water off northwest Pacific Ocean. This fish is known to pass through a leptocephalus larval stage, but only metamorphosed (after reaching the fully grown stage)

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s have been available.Tsukamoto, Y. (2002): Leptocephalus larvae of ''Pterothrissus gissu'' collected from the Kuroshio–Oyashio transition region of the western North Pacific, with comments on its metamorphosis. ''Ichthyological Research, 49 (3): 267-269.'' This species is the only member of its genus.Hidaka, K., Tsukamoto, Y. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2016): ''Nemoossis'', a new genus for the eastern Atlantic long-fin bonefish ''Pterothrissus belloci'' Cadenat 1937 and a redescription of ''P. gissu'' Hilgendorf 1877 from the northwestern Pacific. ''Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 45–53.''

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Japanese gissu ''Pterothrissus gissu'', also known as the Japanese gissu, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family (biology), family Albulidae. The Japanese gissu is a rare fish that is distributed in deep water off northwest Pacific Ocean. This fish is kn ...

Fish of Japan Taxa named by Franz Martin Hilgendorf

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