Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus

Taxonavigation: Syngnathiformes

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 Ordo: Syngnathiformes

Subordo: Mulloidei
Familia: Mullidae
Genus: Mulloidichthys
Subspecies: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus

Name

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus Fernandez-Silva & Randall, 2016 In Fernandez-Silva et al., 2016

• Holotype: SMF 35486 [ex SMF 24824].
• Paratypes: BPBM 41246 [ex CAS 237352] (10); CAS 237352 (4); HUJ 9985 (3); SMF 24818 (6); USNM 221124 (1).

Type locality: Red Sea, Sudan, Sanganeb Atoll (19°39'N; 37°14'E).

Etymology: named in reference to the yellow color of the caudal fin, in contrast to the whitish gray color of the caudal fin of M. f. flavolineatus.

Vernacular names

English: Yellowtail Goatfish

References

• Fernandez-Silva, I., Randall, J.E., Golani, D. & Bogorodsky, S.V. 2016. Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus Fernandez-Silva & Randall (Perciformes, Mullidae), a new subspecies of goatfish from the Red Sea and Arabian Sea. ZooKeys 605: 131–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.605.8060 Reference page.