Taxonavigation: Labriformes 

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: Eupercaria
Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Pseudojuloides
Species: Pseudojuloides zeus

Name

Pseudojuloides zeus Victor & Edward, 2015

  • Holotype: BPBM 41215.
  • Paratype: BPBM 37701.

Type locality: Majuro, Marshall Islands, Micronesia.

Etymology: The specific name zeus was given for to the jagged blue stripes of this species, that resemble lightning bolts, which inspires the authors to name it after the Greek god Zeus, who liked to cast bolts of lightning at unsuspecting mortals, such as the physician Asclepius who became a little too presumptuous.

Vernacular names

English: Zeus Pencil Wrasse

References

  • Victor, B.C. & Edward, J.M.B., 2015: Pseudojuloides zeus, a new deep-reef wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 15: 41-52.
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