Taxonavigation

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: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Centropyge
Species: Centropyge deborae

Name

Centropyge deborae Shen, Ho & Chang, 2012: 418, figs. 1A-B, 2-4, tables 1, 2

Holotype: NMMB -P 12641.

Type locality: Western (17°9.208'S, 177°41.397'E) to eastern part (17°14.349'S, 178°41.397'E) of the Bligh Water, Fiji Is., South Pacific Ocean, 5-25 m in depth, Aug. 2010, coll. W. Smith.

Etymology: "Named after the wife, Deborah Smith, of Walt Smith, who collected the type series and provided the underwater photograph and detailed collecting data of the new species."

Primary references

  • Shen, K.N., Ho, H.-C. & Chang, C.-W. 2012. The blue velvet angelfish Centropyge deborae sp. nov., a new pomacanthid from the Fiji Islands, based on genetic and morphological analyses. Zoological studies 51(3): 415-423. PDF. Reference page. 
This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.