Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alepisauroidei 

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
Section: Aulopa
Ordo: Aulopiformes
Subordo: Alepisauroidei

Familia: Paralepididae
Tribe: Lestidiini
Genus: Stemonosudis
Species: Stemonosudis multifasciata

Name

Type locality: Off Myanmar, Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean, 11°01'49.8"N, 96°53'31.8"E, depth 329.5-332 meters.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from the diagnostic character of many saddles on dorsal and ventral margins of body.

Diagnosis: A species of the S. rothschildi species complex with 16 saddles on dorsum, 10 before DFO; 49–51 caudal and 93–95 total vertebrae; vertebrae between VFO and DFO 8‒11; DFO relatively forward in position, predorsal length 71.8–73.6% SL, V–D 52.3–63.0% V–A; upper jaw 41.8–43.8% HL, lower jaw 55.8–62.5%.

Primary references

Ho, H.-C., B. Russell, K. Graham and P. N. Psomadakis. 2019. Review of the Stemonosudis rothschildi species complex, with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae). Zootaxa, 4702(1):216-229.

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