Taxonavigation: Percoidea 

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: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Serraninae
Genus: Serranus
Species: Serranus pulcher

Name

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Serranus pulcher Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2016

  • Holotype: ZSM 43868.
  • Paratypes: CAS 227751, 227752 (7 juv), 227753, 227754 (4), 227755, 227756 (2), 227757 (9), 227758 (3), CIUFES 150, 155 (4); ZSM 43869, 43879, 43880.

Type locality: São Tomé Island (00°25.099'N, 006°41.718'E), near wreck "Mar Vassa" on coral rubble in about 6 m depth.

Etymology: pulcher, Latin, meaning beautiful.

References

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  • Wirtz, P. & Iwamoto, T. 2016. A New species of Serranus from São Tomé and Príncipe, Eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Serranidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63(6): 191-200. PDF Reference page