Nomorhamphus rex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scomberesocoidea

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: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Beloniformes Subordo: Belonoidei Superfamilia: Scomberesocoidea

Familia: Zenarchopteridae
Genus: Nomorhamphus
Species: Nomorhamphus rex

Name

• Nomorhamphus rex Huylebrouck, Hadiaty & Herder, 2012

Holotype: MZB 20724. Paratypes: ZFMK 44944–44955 (5), 44956–44961 (6); MZB 20725, 20727–20730 (5); ZSM 41743a–d (4).

Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, South Sulawesi Province, Wewu River which is a headwater of the Cerekang River drainage west of Lake Matano, sampling was conducted in a tributary at Village Laroeha, a small river few hundred meters upstream of the main river, 2°28.226'S, 121°04.125'E.[1]

Etymology: From the Latin rex, a king, in allusion to the teeth of the new species, reminiscent of the dentition of the late Cretaceous Tyrannosaurus rex. A noun in apposition.

References

• Huylebrouck, J., Hadiaty, R.K. & Herder, F.; 2012: Nomorhamphus rex, a new species of viviparous halfbeak (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Zenarchopteridae) endemic to Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 60 (2): 477–485.