Doratonotus megalepis

Doratonotus megalepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

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: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Doratonotus
Species: Doratonotus megalepis

Name

Doratonotus megalepis Günther, 1862

Holotype: BMNH uncat.

Type locality: St. Christopher, West Indies.

Synonyms

• Antonichthys wetmorelloides Bauchot & Blanc, 1961
• Doratonotus boekei Metzelaar, 1919
• Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899
• Doratonotus thalassinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1884

References

• Günther, A. 1862: Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Muesum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 4: i-xxi + 1-534.
• Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.
• Doratonotus megalepis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Wrasse