Hymenocephalus yamasakiorum

Taxonavigation: Gadiformes

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: Paracanthopterygii Series: Zeiogadaria Subseries: Gadariae Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Macrouridae
Subfamilia: Macrourinae
Genus: Hymenocephalus
Species: Hymenocephalus yamasakiorum

Name

Hymenocephalus yamasakiorum Nakayama et al., 2015

• Holotype: BSKU 113692.

Type locality: Tosa Bay off Aki, Kochi, Shikoku Island, Japan, 320–400 m depth.

Etymology: named after Ms. Yasuko Yamasaki and her family. They operate a fishing trawler in Tosa Bay and adjacent waters, providing a large number of fish specimens to the BSKU collection.

Vernacular names

English: Black-tailed membranehead
日本語: Oguro-sujidara

References

• Nakayama, N., Endo, H. & Schwarzhans, W., 2015: A new grenadier of the genus Hymenocephalus from Tosa Bay, southern Japan (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae). Ichthyological Research, Published online: 22 March 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0464-9

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