Pempheris tominagai

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Pempheriformes 

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: Eupercaria
Ordo: Pempheriformes

Familia: Pempheridae
Genus: Pempheris
Species: Pempheris tominagai

Name edit

Pempheris tominagai Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2014

Holotype: NSMT-P 106826. Paratypes: NSMT-P 106827, 106828 (2); SAIAB 77935, 97406 (2), 62146, 75871 (5); URM-P 46336, 46567, 46568 (2); BMNH 1982.9.9.1; SMNS 21172.

Type locality: Sharm el-Sheikh (27°51'29" E; 34°17'41" N), Egypt.

Etymology: The specific name, tominagai, honors the late Yoshiaki Tominaga, pre-eminent Japanese ichthyologist who contributed to taxonomy and morphology of Pempheridae.

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