Pristolepis procerus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nandoidei

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: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Nandoidei

Familia: Pristolepididae
Genus: Pristolepis
Species: Pristolepis procerus

Name

Pristolepis procerus Plamoottil, 2017

• Holotype: ERS/ZSI 4057 [ZSI/NERC/4057].
• Paratypes: ZSI/ANRC/16619.

Type locality: Chaliyar, Kozhikode District, Kerala, India.

Etymology: The specific epithet procerus is a Latin word meaning ‘tall’, referring to the high body depth of the new fish.

References

Primary references

• Plamoottil, M., 2017. Pristolepis procerus (Perciformes: Pristolepididae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. European Journal of Zoological Research v. 5 (no. 1): 40-44.

Links

• Pristolepis procerus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 31, 2021.
• Pristolepis procerus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on May 31, 2021.
• Pristolepis procerus in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on May 31, 2021