Chlopsis orientalis

Taxonavigation: Anguilloidei

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: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Anguilloidei

Familia: Chlopsidae
Genus: Chlopsis
Species: Chlopsis orientalis

Name

Chlopsis orientalis Tighe, Hibino & Nguyen, 2015

• Holotype: IMER 16495.

Type locality: Cua Be trawl fish landing port, Nha Trang, Vietnam, South China Sea.

Etymology: The name is derived from the Latin orientalis, “of the east” and refers to the type locality in the Far East.

References

• Tighe, K.A., Pogonoski, J.J., Hibino, Y., Ho, H-C. & Nguyen, Q.V. 2015. Three new species of the genus Chlopsis (Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 4060(1): 19–29. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.4. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.