Caesio xanthalytos

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Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Caesionidae
Genus: Caesio
Species: Caesio xanthalytos

Name[edit]

Caesio xanthalytos Holleman et al., 2013

  • Holotype: SAIAB 56575.
  • Paratypes: BPBM 30701; SAIAB 98024, 97446, 98385, 97476, 97015 (2), 97016 (2), 9179 (29), 97014, 97348, 97349; USNM 399256 (10).

Type locality: off Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, 30°54.012'S, 30°27.48'E [1].

Etymology: The name xanthalytos is taken from the Greek, literally meaning “yellow line” and is given for the prominent deep yellow band along the fish’s midside.

Vernacular names[edit]

English: Goldsash fusilier

References[edit]

  • Holleman, W.; Connell, A.D.; Carpenter, K.E. 2013: Caesio xanthalytos, a new species of fusilier (Perciformes: Caesionidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with records of range extensions for several species of Caesionidae. Zootaxa 3702(3): 262–272. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.3.4 Reference page