Platyberyx mauli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scombriformes
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: Pelagiaria Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Caristiidae
Subfamilia: Caristiinae
Genus: Platyberyx
Species: Platyberyx mauli

Name

Platyberyx mauli Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2012

Holotype (unique): ZIN 54972.

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, off Morocco, 29°29′N, 10°51′W [1], depth 849 m.

Etymology: The species is named in honor of a well-known ichthyologist from Portugal, Günther E. Maul. He conducted a comprehensive analysis of deepwater ichthyofauna of the Atlantic Ocean including the investigation of manefishes (Caristiidae) from Madeira.

References

Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. 2012. Материалы к ревизии рыб семейства Caristiidae (Perciformes). Сообщение 2. Каристовые рыбы восточной Атлантики (переописание Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer и описание двух новых видов Platyberyx mauli sp. n. и Caristius andriashevi sp. n.) Voprosy Ikhtologii 52(2): 149–163. / Materials for the revision of the family Caristiidae (Perciformes). 2. Manefishes from the East Atlantic (redescription of Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer and description of two new species Platyberyx mauli sp. n. and Caristius andriashevi sp. n.). Journal of Ichthyology 52(3): 185–199. DOI: 10.1134/s0032945212010080 Reference page.
Stevenson, D.E. & Kenaley, C.P. 2013. Revision of the Manefish Genera Caristius and Platyberyx (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia 2013(3): 415–434. Reference page.