Branchiostegus japonicus

Branchiostegus japonicus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Malacanthidae
Genus:	Branchiostegus
Species:	B. japonicus
Binomial name
	Branchiostegus japonicus; (Houttuyn, 1782)
Synonyms
	Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782; Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782); Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766 (ambiguous name, questionably applied to this species); Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacépède, 1801 (ambiguous name, questionably applied to this species); Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907;

Branchiostegus japonicus, the horsehead tilefish, Japanese horsehead tilefish, red amadai or the red tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean.

^ Dooley, J.; Matsuura, K.; Collette, B.; Nelson, J.; Fritzsche, R.; Carpenter, K. (2010). "Branchiostegus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155243A4755945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155243A4755945.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Branchiostegus japonicus". FishBase. December 2013 version.

Branchiostegus japonicus

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Malacanthidae
Genus:	Branchiostegus
Species:	B. japonicus
Binomial name
*Branchiostegus japonicus* (Houttuyn, 1782)
Synonyms^[2]
Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782 Latilus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766 (ambiguous name, questionably applied to this species) Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacépède, 1801 (ambiguous name, questionably applied to this species) Latilus ruber Kishinouye, 1907