Serranus pulcher

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

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.

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.