Matsubaraea

Matsubaraea is a monotypic genus of ray-finned fish from the family Hemerocoetidae. The only species in the genus, Matsubaraea fusiforme is found in the western Pacific in the waters around Japan, Thailand and the Philippines on sandy substrates. It feeds on mysids. The generic name honours the Japanese ichthyologist Shinnosuke Matsubara who was director of Imperial Fisheries in Tokyo.^[2]

Matsubaraea
Matsubaraea fusiforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Hemerocoetidae
Genus:	Matsubaraea Iw. Taki, 1953
Species:	M. fusiforme
Binomial name
Matsubaraea fusiforme (Fowler, 1943)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Matsubaraea setouchiensis Iw. Taki, 1953 Roxasella fusiforme Fowler, 1943