Taxonavigation

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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

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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

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  • 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.