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Ryukyupercis

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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Ryukyupercis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Ryukyupercis
Imamura & Yoshino, 2007
Species: R. gushikeni
Binomial name
Ryukyupercis gushikeni
(Yoshino, 1975)
Synonyms

Parapercis gushikeni Yoshino, 1975

Ryukyupercis is a monotypic genus of percomorph fish from the family Pinguipedidae, the sandperches. The only species in the genus, Ryukyupercis gushikeni, the rosy grubfish, is found in the Indo-Pacific from Japan to north western Australia. The generic name is a compound of Ryukyu after the Ryukyu Islands where the type specimen was collected and "percis" a suffix for many of the genera in the Pinguipediae, the specific name honours Mr Soko Gushiken, a who gave the describer of the species, Tetsuo Yoshino, many specimens.

References

  1. Bailly N, ed. (2008). "Ryukyupercis gushikeni (Yoshino, 1975)". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ryukyupercis gushikeni". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. Tetsuo Yoshino (1975). "Parapercis gushikeni A new Mugiloid Fish from the RyuKyu Islands" (PDF). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 22 (5): 343–346. doi:10.5134/175895.
Taxon identifiers
Ryukyupercis
Ryukyupercis gushikeni


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