Nuchequula blochii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chaetodontiformes

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: Eupercaria Ordo: Chaetodontiformes

Familia: Leiognathidae
Subfamilia: Gazzinae

Name

Nuchequula blochii (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835)

• Lectotype: MNHN A-6757.
• Paralectotypes: MNHN A-6757 (1, poor condition) Malabar, A-6759 (2) Mahe; ZMB 8757 (1, right skin) Tranquebar.

Type locality: Kerala State, India

Synonymy

• Equula blochii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
  • Leiognathus blochii (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835) -- Jones, 1985
• Leiognathus pan Wongratana, 1988
  • Nuchequula pan (Wongratana, 1988) -- Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2007

References

• Chakrabarty, P. & Sparks, J.S., 2007: Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Nuchequula Whitley 1932 (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with the description of a new species. American Museum Novitates, 3588: 1–25. [1]

• Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A., 1835: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. BHL

• Kimura, S., Kimura, R. & Ikejima, K., 2008: Revision of the genus Nuchequula with descriptions of three new species (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyological Research 55: 22–42.