Pempheris tominagai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pempheriformes

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: Pempheriformes

Familia: Pempheridae
Genus: Pempheris
Species: Pempheris tominagai

Name

Pempheris tominagai Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2014

Holotype: NSMT-P 106826. Paratypes: NSMT-P 106827, 106828 (2); SAIAB 77935, 97406 (2), 62146, 75871 (5); URM-P 46336, 46567, 46568 (2); BMNH 1982.9.9.1; SMNS 21172.

Type locality: Sharm el-Sheikh (27°51'29" E; 34°17'41" N), Egypt.

Etymology: The specific name, tominagai, honors the late Yoshiaki Tominaga, pre-eminent Japanese ichthyologist who contributed to taxonomy and morphology of Pempheridae.

References

Primary references

• Koeda, K., Yoshino, T., Imai, H. & Tachihara, K. 2014. A review of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes, Pempheridae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3793(3): 301–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.3.1 Reference page.