Pterygotrigla ryukyuensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scorpaenoidei
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 Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Scorpaenoidei

Pterygotrigla (Pterygotrigla) ryukyuensis Matsubara & Hiyama, 1932

Holotype (unique): lost in WWII.

Type locality: Japan, Ryukyu Islands.[1]

Etymology: The species is named after the type locality.

Last, P.R.; Richards, W.J. 2012: Two new gurnards of the genus Pterygotrigla (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) from Australian seas. Zootaxa, 3195: 39–50. Preview.
Matsubara, K. & Hiyama, J.; 1932: A review of Triglidae, a family of mail-cheeked fishes, found in the waters around Japan. Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute, 28 (1): 3–67.
Richards, W.J. & Yato, T. 2012. The tropical species of the subgenus Pterygotrigla (Pisces: Triglidae: Pterygotrigla) with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3484(1): 53–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3484.1.3 Reference page.
Pterygotrigla ryukyuensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

English: Ryukyu gurnard