Hypleurochilus brasil

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blennioidei

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: Blenniimorphae Ordo: Blenniiformes Subordo: Blennioidei

Familia: Blenniidae
Genus: Hypleurochilus
Species: Hypleurochilus brasil

Name

Hypleurochilus brasil Pinheiro et al., 2013

• Holotype: CIUFES 1901.
• Paratypes: ZUEC 6353 (1); LNEP-UFF 300 (1); CIUFES 1945 (1), 1925 (1), 1946 (1), 1938 (1); CAS 235154 (1), 235155 (1).

Type locality: Ponta da Calheta, Ilha da Trindade, Espírito Santo, Brasil, 20°30’S, 29°20’W [1], depth 8 m.

Etymology: The specific name is refers to the vivid red spots that are like incandescent pieces of a brazing. Brazil’s country name (Brasil in Portuguese), where the species is endemic, originally has a similar derivation. The name of the country was given in recognition of the reddish colour of the wood of a large Brazilian native tree (Caesalpinia echinata – “Pau-Brasil” in Portuguese), very abundant in the past.

Vernacular names

English: Brazil blenny

References

• Pinheiro, H.T.; Gasparini, J.L.; Rangel, C.A. 2013: A new species of the genus Hypleurochilus (Teleostei: Blenniidae) from Trindade Island and Martin Vaz Archipelago, Brazil. Zootaxa 3709(1): 95–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.1.5 Reference page.