Branchiostegus okinawaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

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 Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Malacanthidae
Subfamilia: Malacanthinae
Genus: Branchiostegus
Species: Branchiostegus okinawaensis

Name

• Branchiostegus okinawaensis Hiramatsu & Yoshino, 2012

Holotype: URM-P 593. Paratypes: BPBM 22261; URM-P 594, 595, 17424, 17425, 17426, 17427; NSMTP 68350 (formerly URM-P 26972).

Type locality: Japan: Naha fish market, Okinawa Pref.

Etymology: The species name refers to its type locality.

References

• Hiramatsu, W. & Yoshino, T., 2012: A New Tilefish, Branchiostegus okinawaensis (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae), from Okinawa Island, Southern Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 41–49.