Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis

Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osmeroidea

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: Stomiati Ordo: Osmeriformes Superfamilia: Osmeroidea

Familia: Osmeridae
Subfamilia: Plecoglossinae
Genus: Plecoglossus
Species: Plecoglossus altivelis
Subspecies: Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis

Name

Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis Nishida, 1988

Type locality: Sumiyo River, Amami-oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 27°16.0'N, 129°24.5'E.

Holotype: URM-P18462.

Paratypes: URM-P18463-64 (24, 31).

References

Primary references

• Nishida, M. 1988. A new subspecies of ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis, (Plecoglossidae) from the Ryukyu Islands. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 35(3): 236–242. DOI: 10.11369/jji1950.35.236 Reference page. 

Links

• Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Ryukyu Ayu
日本語: リュウキュウアユ

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