Gnatholepis yoshinoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

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: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Gobionellinae
Genus: Gnatholepis
Species: Gnatholepis yoshinoi

Name

• Gnatholepis yoshinoi Suzuki & Randall, 2009

Holotype: NSMT P 91420 [ex OMNH P 34760]. Paratypes: OMNH P 34761 (1), 34800 (1).

Type locality: Oura Bay, 26°32'50.32"N, 128°02'32.95"E, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 1.5 meters.[1]

Etymology: The species is named in honour of Tetsuo Yoshino of the University of the Ryukyus, in recognition of his extensive taxonomic research on the fishes of Japan.

References

• Larson, H.K.; Buckle, D.J. 2012: A revision of the goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3529: 1–69. Preview Reference page. 
• Suzuki, T. & Randall, J. E.; 2009: Gnatholepis yoshinoi, a new gobiid fish from Okinawa, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, (Ser. A) 35 (2): 1–6.
• Gnatholepis yoshinoi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.