Akihito

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: 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: Sicydiinae
Genus: Akihito
Species: A. futuna – A. vanuatu

Name

Akihito Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007: 342

• Type species: Akihito vanuatu ♂ Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
• Etymology: Akihito: named after Japanese Emperor Akihito for his many contributions to goby systematics and phylogenetic research.

References

• Watson, R. E., Keith, P., & Marquet, G. (2007). Akihito vanuatu, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific. Cybium 31 (3): 341–349.
• Keith, P., Lord, C., Lorion, J., Watanabe, S., Tsukamoto, K., Couloux, A., & Dettai, A. (2011). Phylogeny and biogeography of Sicydiinae (Teleostei: Gobiidae) inferred from mitochonrdrial and nuclear genes. Marine Biology 158 (2): 311–326.

Vernacular names

English: Akihito's Gobies
中文: 明仁虾虎鱼属