Parkraemeria rhinoceros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

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: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Parkraemeria
Species: Parkraemeria rhinoceros

Name

Parkraemeria rhinoceros Suzuki & Senou, 2013: 59

Type locality: "Nago Bay, Okinawa-jima Island, Okinawa Group of Ryukyu Islands, Japan" (depth: 5 m).

• Holotype: KPM-NI 31129.

Paratypes: NSMT-P 110744 & OMNH-P 35166, 35283, 35286

Etymology: ("Latin") rhino = nose + keras = horn, "in allusion to the small anteriorly directed skin projection on the tip of the upper lip in the new species" [Suzuki & Senou, 2013: 63]

References

Primary references

• Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. 2013. Review of the sand-diving goby genus Parkraemeria (Perciformes: Gobiidae), with descriptions of two new species from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology. Supplement 7: 53–66. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: テングギンポハゼ