Symphurus orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Soleoidei

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: Pleuronectiformes Subordo: Soleoidei

Familia: Cynoglossidae
Genus: Symphurus
Species: Symphurus orientalis

Name

Symphurus orientalis (Bleeker, 1879)

• Holotype (unique): lost.
• Neotype: BSKU 44238.
  • Neotype designated by Lee, Munroe & Shao (2013).

Type locality: Tosa Bay, off Kochi, Japan, 300–400 m depth; [originally: Japan].

Etymology: The specific name orientalis is a from the Latin (= from the east).

Synonyms

• Aphoristia orientalis Bleeker, 1879
• Symphurus novemfasciatus Shen & Lin, 1984

References

• Bleeker, P.; 1879: Énumerátion des espèces de poissons actuellement connues du Japon et description de trois espèces inédites. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde, (Amsterdam) 18: 1–33, Pls. 1-3.
• Lee, M.-Y.; Munroe, T.A.; Shao, K.-T. 2013: Symphurus orientalis (Bleeker) redefined based on morphological and molecular characters (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae). Zootaxa 3620(3): 379–403. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.3 Reference page. 
• Shen, S.-C. & Lin, W.-W.; 1984: Some new records of fishes from Taiwan with descriptions of three new species. Taiwan Museum Special Publications Series, 4: 1–25.
• Symphurus orientalis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.