Mendosoma
Real bastard trumpeter (Mendosoma lineatum) at The Sisters, Tasman Peninsula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latridae
Genus: Mendosoma
Guichenot, 1848

Mendosoma is a genus of marine ray finned fish belonging to the family Latridae, the trumpeters.

Taxonomy

Mendosoma was first formally described in 1848 by the French zoologist Alphonse Guichenot.

Some authorities consider the genus Mendosoma to be monotypic,[1] but others recognise three species within the genus:[2]

  • Mendosoma caerulescens Guichenot, 1848
  • Mendosoma fernandezianum Guichenot 1848
  • Mendosoma lineatum Guichenot, 1848

Both M. caerulescens and M. fernandezianum have been considered nomina dubia in the past.[3]

The generic name, Mendosoma, was created by combining the word méndola, a Spanish name for the blotched picarel (Spicara maena), and soma meaning "body", referring to the similarity in body shape between M. lineatum and S. maena.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Mendosoma in FishBase. June 2019 version.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Mendosoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ↑ O. Gon & P. Heemstra (1987). "Mendosoma lineatum Guichenot 1848, first record in the Atlantic Ocean, with a re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of other species of the genus Mendosoma (Pisces, Latridae)". 11 (2): 183–193. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (25 February 2021). "Order Centrarchiformes: Families Centrarchidae, Elassomatidae, Eoplosidae, Sinipercidae, Aplodactylidae, Cheilodactylidae, Chironemidae, Cirrhitidae, Latridae, Percichthydiae, Dichistitidae, Girellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Oplegnathidae, Terapontidae, Microcanthidae, and Scorpididae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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