Coryphopterus curasub

Coryphopterus curasub

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

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: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Coryphopterus
Species: Coryphopterus curasub

Name

Coryphopterus curasub Baldwin & Robertson, 2015

• Holotype: USNM 406373.
• Paratypes: USNM 430037 (CUR 13302), 431328 (CUR 14003), 430019 (CUR 13303) c&s.
• Type locality: Curasub submersible, sta. 11-05, southern Caribbean, Curaçao, east of downline off Substation Curaçao dock, near 12°05.069'N, 68°53.886'W, 80 m depth.

References

Primary references

• Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. 2015. A new, mesophotic Coryphopterus goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships and depth distributions within the genus. Zookeys 513: 123–142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.513.9998 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Coryphopterus curasub  (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names

English: Yellow-spotted sand goby