Colletteichthys flavipinnis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Batrachoidiformes

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: Batrachoidaria Ordo: Batrachoidiformes

Familia: Batrachoididae
Subfamilia: Halophryninae
Genus: Colletteichthys
Species: Colletteichthys flavipinnis

Name

• Colletteichthys flavipinnis Greenfield, Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2012

Holotype: CMFRI GB.9.1.2.1. Paratypes: USNM 221342 (4); CAS 233657 (1); CMFRI GB.9.1.2.1.1--2 (2), GB.9.1.2.1.3--13 (11).

Type locality: India, off Tuticorin.[1]

Etymology: The specific epithet is an adjective from the Latin flavis (= yellow) and pinna (= fin), referring to the yellow-orange fins of the species.

Vernacular names

English: Yellowfin Toadfish

Primary references

• Greenfield, D.W.; Bineesh, K.K.; Akhilesh, K.V. 2012: Colletteichthys flavipinnis, a new toadfish species from Sri Lanka and India (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Zootaxa 3437: 24–31. Preview Reference page.