Sorsogona humerosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Platycephaloidei

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 Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Platycephaloidei

Familia: Platycephalidae
Genus: Sorsogona
Species: Sorsogona humerosa

Name

Sorsogona humerosa Knapp & Heemstra 2011: 76, Figs. 1-3

Holotype: SAIAB 82423.

Paratypes: SAIAB 96784 (1), USNM 340509 (2).

Type locality: Mosambique, 18°26.1' to 18°27.7'S, 37°20.9' to 37°20'E, depth 95-97 meters.

References

• Knapp, L.W. & P.C. Heemstra 2011: Sorsogona humerosa, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 13: 75–78.
• Sorsogona humerosa in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: White-margined Flathead