Pseudogramma paucilepis

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

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: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Grammistinae
Genus: Pseudogramma

Species: Pseudogramma paucilepis

Name

Pseudogramma paucilepis Williams & Viviani, 2016

• Holotype: USNM 423375.
• Paratypes: USNM 422972, 422983, 422917, 422942, 400657.

Type locality: Austral Islands, Tubuai south end, outer reef slope with dense coral, 18–22 m depth.

Etymology: The species epithet is a combination of the Latin paucus, meaning few, and the feminine Greek noun lepis, meaning scale, in reference to its weakly scaled snout and suborbital.

Vernacular names

English: Weakscaled Podge

References

• Williams, J.T. & Viviani, J. 2016. Pseudogramma polyacantha complex (Serranidae, tribe Grammistini): DNA barcoding results lead to the discovery of three cryptic species, including two new species from French Polynesia. Zootaxa 4111(3): 246–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.3.3. Full article (PDF) Reference page.