Stiphodon niraikanaiensis

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

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: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Sicydiinae
Genus: Stiphodon
Species: Stiphodon niraikanaiensis

Name

Stiphodon niraikanaiensis Maeda, 2013

• Holotype: NSMT-P 114244.
• Paratypes: NSMT-P 114245; URM-P 46084.

Type locality: Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from niraikanai and the Latin suffix -ensis. Niraikanai is the Okinawan mythical place from which all life originates and to which the spirits of dead person return. It is also said that gods bring fertility to this world from niraikanai. The location of niraikanai is unspecified, but it is usually thought to lie somewhere beyond the ocean. It is thought that, possibly, the main habitat of this species is somewhere over the ocean and the type specimens were brought to Okinawa from there.

Vernacular names

日本語: Niraikanai-bouzu-haze

References

• Maeda, K. 2013: Stiphodon niraikanaiensis, a new species of sicydiine goby from Okinawa Island (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae). Ichthyological research, DOI: 10.1007/s10228-013-0379-2