Hypoatherina macrophthalma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei

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: Atheriniformes Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Atherinidae
Subfamilia: Atherinomorinae
Genus: Hypoatherina
Species: Hypoatherina macrophthalma

Name

Hypoatherina macrophthalma Sasaki & Kimura, 2012

Holotype: URM-P 46882 (removed from URM-P 23004; deposited at Ocean Expo. Research Center).

Paratypes (32): Deposited at CAS, URM-P.

Type locality: Nuguria lagoon, Papua New Guinea.[1]

Etymology: The specific name macrophthalma is derived from the Greek meaning (= large eye), in reference to large eyes of this species.

References

• Sasaki, D. & Kimura, S. 2012. Two new silversides, Hypoatherina celebesensis and Hypoatherina macrophthalma, from the western Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae). Ichthyological Research 59(4): 347–353. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-012-0299-6 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Large-eye Silverside