Acropoma arafurensis

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| name = Arafura lanternbelly

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| taxon = Acropoma arafurensis

| authority = Okamoto, J.T. Williams, K.E. Carpenter, M. D. Santos & Seishi Kimura, 2019

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| range_map_caption = Map range of Acropoma arafurensis

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Acropoma arafurensis, the Arafura lanternbelly, is a species of bioluminescent lanternbelly native to the Western Pacific Ocean. It was described from pair of specimens found in the Arafura Sea. The known specimens measure {{Cvt|57.3–76.2|mm}}{{cite journal | author1 = Makoto Okamoto | author2 = Jeffrey T. Williams | author3 = Kent E. Carpenter | author4 = Mudjekeewis Dalisay Santos | author5 = Seishi Kimura | name-list-style = amp | year = 2019 | title = Description of a new species of the genus Acropoma (Acropomatidae) from the Arafura Sea with a redescription of Acropoma leobergi Prokofiev 2018 and the first record of Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue and Matsuura 2002 from the South China Sea | doi = 10.1007/s10228-019-00696-8 | journal = Ichthyological Research | volume = 67 | pages = 39–49}}