Platyberyx opalescens

Platyberyx opalescens

Taxonavigation edit

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 opalescens

Name edit

Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer, 1911

  • Holotype (unique): MOM 0091-1179.

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, off Portugal, 36°06'N, 9°W [1], station 3039, depth 0-3660 meters.

Etymology: From the Latin opalus, for an opal.

References edit

  • 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
  • Zugmayer, E., 1911: Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht "Princesse-Alice" (1901 à 1910). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco), No. 193: 1–14.