Hirundichthys oxycephalus frereensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Exocoetoidea

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: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Beloniformes Subordo: Belonoidei Superfamilia: Exocoetoidea

Familia: Exocoetidae
Subfamilia: Cypselurinae
Genus: Hirundichthys
Subgenus: Hirundichthys (Hirundichthys)
Subspecies: Hirundichthys oxycephalus frereensis

Name

Hirundichthys oxycephalus frereensis Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013

• Holotype: AMS I.46300.001.

Type locality: waters of New Guinea, 10 miles NE of Cape Frere (Goodnough Bay) [1].

Etymology: The subspecies name is proposed in honor of Cape Frere, 10 miles from which the only known to date of its representative was caught.

Synonyms

• Hirundichthys oxycephalus frereensis Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013

References

• Shakhovskoy, I.B. & Parin, N.V. 2013. Обзор летучих рыб подрода Hirundichthys (род Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). 2. Нерито океанические виды: H. oxycephalus, H. affinis. Voprosy ikhtiologii 53(5): 507–539. / A Review of Flying Fishes of the Subgenus Hirundichthys (Genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). Part 2. Nerito-Oceanic Species: H. oxycephalus, H. affinis. Journal of Ichthyology 53(8): 509–540. Reference page.