Oryzias eversi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adrianichthyoidei

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: Adrianichthyoidei

Familia: Adrianichthyidae
Genus: Oryzias
Species: Oryzias eversi

Name

• Oryzias eversi Herder, Hadiaty & Nolte, 2012

Holotype: MZB 20780. Paratypes: MZB 20781 (1); ZFMK 44938 (1), 44939 (1); USNM 406817 (1), 406818 (1).

Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, South Sulawesi Province, Tana Toraja, Salo Sadang drainage, stream close by the village Tilanga, about 8 km S of Rantepao; 3°02.126S, 119°53.232E, elev. 859 m.[1]

Etymology: The specific name eversi honours Hans-Georg Evers who discovered this endemic ricefish while travelling to explore fishes and habitats in Sulawesi.

Vernacular names

English: Ever's Ricefish

References

• Herder, F., Hadiaty, R. K. & Nolte, A. W.; 2012: Pelvic-fin brooding in a new species of riverine ricefish (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) from Tana Toraja, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 60 (2): 467–476.