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Heteromycteris japonicus

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ1046319 ↗
Source-derived summary

Heteromycteris japonicus, the bamboo sole is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Soleidae. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1846 by Temminck & Schlegel.

Editorial summary

“Heteromycteris japonicus” enters the record as species of fish. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Heteromycteris, japonicus and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1846—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Heteromycteris, japonicus and species.
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“Heteromycteris japonicus” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Heteromycteris, japonicus and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1046319. The first chronological checks are 1846.

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This entry incorporates text from “Heteromycteris japonicus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.