Grammonus waikiki

Grammonus waikiki, or the Waikiki viviparous brotula, is a species of viviparous brotula found in the Hawaiian Islands where it occurs at depths of around 3–18 metres (9.8–59.1 ft).

Grammonus waikiki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Grammonus
Species:
G. waikiki
Binomial name
Grammonus waikiki
(Cohen, 1964)
Synonyms[1]
  • Oligopus waikiki Cohen, 1964
  • Grammonus niger (Gosline, 1953)
  • Microbrotula niger Gosline, 1953

Description

This species grows to a length of 7.2 centimetres (2.8 in) SL.[2] The head and body are brown, while the fins are dark brown.[3]

Taxonomy

Grammonus waikiki was originally named Microbrotula nigra by Terry Gosline in 1953,[4] but was later removed from Microbrotula by Cohen (1964), who transferred the species to Oligopus, as O. niger. However, this referral made nigra a secondary homonym of Oligopus niger Risso, 1827 (a synonym of Grammonus ater), necessitating erection of the replacement name Oligopus waikiki.[5] Later, Oligopus was shown by Nielsen (1999) to be a junior synonym of Pteraclis, so Grammonus was resurrected for all bythitids previously assigned to Oligopus, creating the new combination Grammonus waikiki.[6]

References
  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Grammonus waikiki". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Grammonus waikiki" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Randall, J.E., 2007. Reef and shore fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Sea Grant College Program, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu. i-xivb + 1-546.
  4. Gosline, W. A. 1953. Hawaiian shallow-water fishes of the family Brotulidae, with the description of a new genus and notes on brotulid anatomy. Copeia 1953 (no. 4): 215-225.
  5. Cohen, D. M. 1964. A review of the ophidioid fish genus Oligopus with the description of a new species from west Africa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 116 (no. 3494): 1-22.
  6. Nielsen, J. G. 1999 [ref. 24753] Order Ophidiiformes. In: Carpenter and Niem 1999 [ref. 24635].


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