Platyberyx paucus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scombriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
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: Pelagiaria
Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Caristiidae
Subfamilia: Caristiinae
Genus: Platyberyx
Species: Platyberyx paucus

Name

Platyberyx paucus Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013

  • Holotype: UW 151229.
  • Paratypes: MCZ 66458; ZMH 25948, 112588.

Type locality: central N Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, station Waianae, 21.279°N, 158.257°W .

Etymology: From the Latin paucus, meaning few or little, in reference to the unusually low meristics.

References

  • Stevenson, D.E. & Kenaley, C.P. 2013. Revision of the Manefish Genera Caristius and Platyberyx (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia 2013(3): 415–434. Reference page. 
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