Arctozenus australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alepisauroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Section: Aulopa Ordo: Aulopiformes Subordo: Alepisauroidei

Familia: Paralepididae
Tribe: Paralepidini
Genus: Arctozenus
Species: Arctozenus australis

Name

• Arctozenus australis H.-C. Ho & G. Duhamel, 2019

Type locality: "La Curieuse" off Kerguelen Islands, 49°58'S, 71°48'E, depth 350 meters.

Etymology: The specific name australis is Latin for “southern”, in reference to the distribution of the present species which appears restricted to the Southern Ocean.

Primary references

• Ho, H-C. & Duhamel, G. 2019. A new species of the fish genus Arctozenus from the Kerguelen Islands, with comments on the lost teeth in adults (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae). Zootaxa 4651(3): 497–512. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.5 pdf Reference page.