Gymnapogon janus

Taxonavigation: Kurtiformes

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: Kurtiformes

Subordo: Apogonoidei
Familia: Apogonidae
Subfamilia: Pseudaminae
Genus: Gymnapogon
Species: Gymnapogon janus

Name

Gymnapogon janus Fraser, 2016

• Holotype: USNM 314651.
• Paratype: USNM 150854.

Type locality: Visayan Sea between northern Negros & Masbate Islands, southeast of Sicogon I., 11.366°N; 123.33°W Philippines.

Etymology: from Janus, a Roman God of gates and doors represented by two faces. Here referring to the rounded caudal fin when scales have been sloughed off for some specimens of Pseudamia but with internal characters and preopercle spine of Gymnapogon.

References

• Fraser, T.H. 2016. A new species of cardinalfish (Gymnapogon, Gymnapogonini, Apogonidae, Percomorpha) from the Philippines. Zootaxa 4107(3): 431–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.11. Reference page.