Lutjanus sapphirolineatus

Taxonavigation: Lutjaniformes

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: Lutjaniformes

Familia: Lutjanidae
Subfamilia: Lutjaninae
Genus: Lutjanus
Species: Lutjanus sapphirolineatus

Name

Lutjanus sapphirolineatus Iwatsuki, Al-Mamry & Heemstra, 2016

Holotype: MUFS 33724. Paratypes: MUFS 33521‒33522 (2); OMMSFC 760; USNM 305002 (4).

Type locality: Muttra, Gulf of Oman, Oman.

Etymology: The species is named sapphirolineatus with reference to the diagnostic character of four blue stripes on the body of this species.

References

• Iwatsuki, Y., Al-Mamry, J.M. & Heemstra, P.C. 2016. Validity of a blue stripe snapper, Lutjanus octolineatus (Cuvier, 1828) and a related species, L. bengalensis (Bloch, 1790) with a new species (Pisces; Lutjanidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 4098(3): 511–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.5.Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Arabian Blue-striped Snapper