Macropharyngodon ornatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

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: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Macropharyngodon
Species: Macropharyngodon ornatus

Name

Macropharyngodon ornatus Randall, 1978

Holotype: BPBM 18546. [Paratypes: AMS I.18568-001 (1); BMNH 1976.1.13.1 (1); BPBM 18522 (1), 18829 (2), 19630 (1); CAS 34700 (1); RMNH 5115 (1); USNM 215027 (1), 215272-73 (1, 1); WAM 24362 (1), P25371-011 (1); ZMA 114590 (1)].

Type locality: Northwestern side of Ambon Bay near Sikula Point, Ambon, Molucca Islands, Indonesia, depth 5-10 meters.

References

• Randall, J.E. 1978: A revision of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Macropharyngodon, with descriptions of five new species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 28(4): 742–770.
• Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.
• Macropharyngodon ornatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: False Leopard