Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: 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: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Atherinidae
Subfamilia: Atherinomorinae
Genus: Hypoatherina
Species: Hypoatherina macrophthalma

Name

Holotype: URM-P 46882 (removed from URM-P 23004; deposited at Ocean Expo. Research Center). Paratypes (32): Deposited at CAS, URM-P.

Type locality: Nuguria lagoon, Papua New Guinea.

Etymology: The specific name macrophthalma is derived from the Greek meaning (= large eye), in reference to large eyes of this species.

Vernacular Names

English: Large-eye Silverside

References

  • Sasaki, D. & Kimura, S.; 2012: Two new silversides, Hypoatherina celebesensis and Hypoatherina macrophthalma, from the western Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae). Ichthyological Research, 59 (4): 347–353. abstract
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