Tomiyamichthys levisquama

Taxonavigation

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: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Tomiyamichthys
Species: Tomiyamichthys levisquama

Name

Tomiyamichthys levisquama Hoese et al., 2016

• Holotype: NTM S.17974-002.
• Paratypes: NTM S.10423–001, 1(36), S.10429–034, 3(10–26), S.10718–047, 2(18–37), S.11506–016, 2(36–39), S.14255–001, 1(19); QM I.16708 (1, 0), I.17913 (1), I.29226 (1, 0), I.30165 (0, 1), I.31282 (1).

Type locality: Vestey’s Beach Reef, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.

Etymology: From the Greek levis (= smooth), and squama (= scale), alluding to the cycloid scales.

References

• Hoese, D.F., Shibukawa, K. & Johnson, J.W. 2016. Description of a new species of Tomiyamichthys from Australia with a discussion of the generic name. Zootaxa 4079(5): 582–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.5.Reference page.