Hoplichthys mimaseanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Platycephaloidei

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 Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Platycephaloidei

Familia: Hoplichthyidae
Genus: Hoplichthys
Species: Hoplichthys mimaseanus

Name

Hoplichthys mimaseanus Nagano et al., 2013

• Holotype: NSMT-P 109034 (formerly BSKU 92004).
• Paratype: ASIZP 63198 (1).

Type locality: Mimase fish market, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, 200–300 m depth, offshore trawl.

Etymology: Named for the fish market in Kochi City, Mimase, where the holotype was collected.

Vernacular names

English: Mimase’s ghost flathead
日本語: Mimase-harigochi

References

• Nagano, Y., Endo, H. & Yabe, M.; 2013: Hoplichthys mimaseanus, a New Ghost Flathead from East Asia and Western Australia (Teleostei: Hoplichthyidae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 1–9.