Equulites absconditus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chaetodontiformes

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: Chaetodontiformes

Familia: Leiognathidae
Subfamilia: Gazzinae
Genus: Equulites
Species: Equulites absconditus

Name

Equulites absconditus Chakrabarty & Sparks, in Chakrabarty, Chu, Nahar & Sparks, 2010

• Holotype: AMNH 239270.
• Paratypes: AMNH 239270 (1), 242666 (97); LSUMZ 13236 (1), 13339 (21); NTUM 5698 (2).

Type locality: Market at Tonshi, 23°27'10.1"N, 120°08'19.3"E, Taiwan.

Etymology: from Latin absconditus meaning hidden or concealed, referring to its being well represented in collections for many years, yet consistently misidentified as member of other species.

References

cited sources

• Chakrabarty, P.; Chu, J.; Nahar, L.; Sparks, J.S. 2010: Geometric morphometrics uncovers a new species of ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Equulites), with comments on the taxonomic status of Equula berbis Valenciennes. Zootaxa, 2427: 15–24. Preview