Lucigadus borealis

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: Lucigadus
Species: Lucigadus borealis

Name

Lucigadus borealis Iwamoto & Okamoto, 2015

• Holotype: CAS 237107 .
• Paratypes: CAS 237109 (5); NSMT 237108 (1).

Type locality: Emperor Seamounts, Koko Guyot; 35°39′N, 171°01′E; 409 m depth.

Etymology: From the Latin borealis (= northern), in reference to the northern distribution of the species.

References

• Iwamoto, T. & Okamoto, M., 2015: A New Grenadier Fish of the Genus Lucigadus (Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Teleostei) from the Emperor Seamounts, Northwestern Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4) 62 (Part 2, No. 13): 369–380. PDF