Pempheris ufuagari

Taxonavigation

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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 ufuagari

Name

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Pempheris ufuagari Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2013

  • Holotype: NSMT-P 108633.
  • Paratypes: BPBM 35182, 35286 (2); NSMT-P 108634, 35498; URM-P 46322, 46315–46318 (4).

Type locality: 25°48'45"N, 131°13'59"E [1], Kameike port, Minami Daito Island, Daito Islands, 2 m depth.

Etymology: The name ufuagari means eastern end in the traditional Okinawan dialect. The type locality Minami Daito Island was called Ufuagari-jima (jima means island) by the Okinawan people before 1885 when the Meiji government of Japan first landed.

Vernacular names

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日本語: Daito hatampo

References

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  • Koeda, K.; Yoshino, T.; Tachihara, K. 2013: Pempheris ufuagari sp. nov., a new species in the genus Pempheris (Perciformes, Pempheridae) from the oceanic islands of Japan. Zootaxa 3609(2): 231–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.9 Reference page