Nandus prolixus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nandoidei

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: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Nandoidei

Familia: Nandidae
Genus: Nandus
Species: Nandus prolixus

Name

Nandus prolixus Chakrabarty, Oldfield & Ng, 2006

• Holotype: FMNH 44907
• Paratypes: FMNH 51964 (6), FMNH 117232 (2)

Type locality: Borneo: Sabah, Sandakan District, Km 26, North Road, Sandakan.

Etymology: The specific epithet comes from the Latin prolixus, meaning stretched out, in reference to the relatively elongate head of this species when compared to its Sundaic congener (N. nebulosus). Used as an adjective.

References

Primary references

• Chakrabarty, P., R.G. Oldfield and H.H. Ng, 2006. Nandus prolixus, a new species of leaf fish from northeastern Borneo (Teleostei: Perciformes: Nandidae). Zootaxa No. 1328: 51-61.

Links

• Nandus prolixus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 24, 2021.
• Nandus prolixus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on May 24, 2021.
• IUCN: Nandus prolixus  (Data Deficient)
• Nandus prolixus in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on May 24, 2021