''Tosanoides flavofasciatus'' (Japanese: キシマハナダイ) is a species of

reef fish Coral reef fish are fish which live amongst or in close relation to coral reefs. Coral reefs form complex ecosystems with tremendous biodiversity. Among the myriad inhabitants, the fish stand out as colourful and interesting to watch. Hundreds ...

native to the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

, specifically

Sagami Bay lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while the ...

and the

Tonga-Kermadec Ridge The Tonga-Kermadec Ridge is an oceanic ridge in the south-west Pacific Ocean underlying the Tonga-Kermadec island arc. It is the most linear, fastest converging, and most seismically active subduction boundary on Earth, and consequently has the hi ...

. The males of the species can grow up to 9 centimeters while the females can grow up to 6 centimeters. It can found in depths of 40 to 50 meters.

References

Taxa named by Masao Katayama Taxa named by Hajime Masuda Fish described in 1980 Fish of the Pacific Ocean flavofasciatus {{Serranidae-stub