Meiacanthus kamoharai
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Meiacanthus kamoharai is a species of combtooth blenny
found in coral reef
s in the western Pacific ocean, around southern Japan
. It was first named by Tomiyama in 1956, and can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres.
Combtooth blenny
Combtooth blennies are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Blenniidae. They are the largest family of blennies, with approximately 371 species in 53 genera represented...
found in coral reef
Coral reef
Coral reefs are underwater structures made from calcium carbonate secreted by corals. Coral reefs are colonies of tiny living animals found in marine waters that contain few nutrients. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, which in turn consist of polyps that cluster in groups. The polyps...
s in the western Pacific ocean, around southern Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It was first named by Tomiyama in 1956, and can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres.