Pempheris ufuagari

Taxonavigation

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

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

日本語: Daito hatampo

References

• 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.