Photolateralis stercorarius

Photolateralis stercorarius

Taxonavigation: Chaetodontiformes

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: Chaetodontiformes

Familia: Leiognathidae
Subfamilia: Gazzinae
Genus: Photolateralis
Species: Photolateralis stercorarius

Name

Photolateralis stercorarius (Evermann & Seale, 1907)

• Holotype: USNM 55906.
• Paratypes: ANSP 33289 (1), IU (1); BSMP (1) apparently destroyed; MCZ 32200 [not 32220] (1); CAS-SU 20004 (1), 42171 [ex IU 11595] (1); USNM 55920 (1), 126395 [ex USFC 1490 = USBF 4537] (1).

Type locality: Bulan, Sorsogon, Philippines.

Synonyms

• Leiognathus stercorarius Evermann & Seale, 1907
  • Photoplagios stercorarius (Evermann & Seale, 1907) -- Sparks et al., 2005
  • Equulites stercorarius (Evermann & Seale, 1907) -- Kimura et al., 2008

References

• Evermann, B. W. & Seale, A., 1907: Fishes of the Philippine Islands. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, 26 (607) (for 1906): 49–110. BHL

• Kimura, S., Kimura, R. & Ikejima, K., 2008: Revision of the genus Nuchequula with descriptions of three new species (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyological Research 55: 22–42.

• Sparks, J.S., Dunlap, P.V. & Smith, W.L. 2005. Evolution and diversification of a sexually dimorphic luminescent system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), including diagnoses of two new genera. Cladistics 21: 305–327. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00067.x Reference page. 
• Sparks, J.S. & Chakrabarty, P. 2015: Description of a new genus of ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with a review of the current generic-level composition of the family. Zootaxa 3947(2): 181–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.