Hypoplectrus ecosur

Hypoplectrus ecosur

Taxonavigation

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: Hypoplectrus
Species: Hypoplectrus ecosur

Name

• Hypoplectrus ecosur Victor, 2012

Holotype: ECOCH 7180 (MXV0269). Paratypes: ECOCH 7180 (MXV0270) (1), 7150 (MXV0220) (1).

Type locality: Mexico, Quintana Roo, off Contoy, 20.49°N, 86.80°W.[1]

Etymology: The species is named for the acronym of El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in recognition of the pioneering work of the ichthyology group in marine ecology based at the Unidad Chetumal on the biodiversity and conservation of ecosystems in the western Caribbean.

References

• Victor, B. C.; 2012: Hypoplectrus floridae n. sp. and Hypoplectrus ecosur n. sp., two new barred hamlets from the Gulf of Mexico (Pisces: Serranidae): more than 3% different in COI mtDNA sequence from the Caribbean Hypoplectrus species flock. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 5: 1–19. PDF
• Hypoplectrus ecosur in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.