Hirundichthys indicus orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Exocoetoidea

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: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Beloniformes Subordo: Belonoidei Superfamilia: Exocoetoidea

Familia: Exocoetidae
Subfamilia: Cypselurinae
Genus: Hirundichthys
Subgenus: Hirundichthys (Hirundichthys)
Subspecies: Hirundichthys indicus orientalis

Name

Hirundichthys indicus orientalis Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013

• Holotype: ZMMU 23059.
• Paratypes: IORAS 03064 (1); SIO 61–537 (1), 61–724 (1); ZMUC P 34828 (1), P 34829 (1).

Type locality: [Indian Ocean, ESE off Christmas Island] RV “Vityaz”, cruise 31, st 4527, 11°57'S, 109°40'E [1].

Etymology: The name of the subspecies reflects its distribution in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean.

References

• Shakhovskoy, I. B. & Parin, N. V.; 2013: A Review of Flying Fishes of the Subgenus Hirundichthys (genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). 1. Oceanic species: H. speculiger, H. indicus sp. nova. Voprosy ikhtiologii, 53 (2): 133–162. / Journal of Ichthyology, 53 (2): 117–145.