Caesio xanthalytos

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: Caesionidae
Genus: Caesio
Species: Caesio xanthalytos

Name

Caesio xanthalytos Holleman et al., 2013

• Holotype: SAIAB 56575.
• Paratypes: BPBM 30701; SAIAB 98024, 97446, 98385, 97476, 97015 (2), 97016 (2), 9179 (29), 97014, 97348, 97349; USNM 399256 (10).

Type locality: off Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, 30°54.012'S, 30°27.48'E [1].

Etymology: The name xanthalytos is taken from the Greek, literally meaning “yellow line” and is given for the prominent deep yellow band along the fish’s midside.

Vernacular names

English: Goldsash fusilier

References

• Holleman, W.; Connell, A.D.; Carpenter, K.E. 2013: Caesio xanthalytos, a new species of fusilier (Perciformes: Caesionidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with records of range extensions for several species of Caesionidae. Zootaxa 3702(3): 262–272. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.3.4 Reference page.