Ryukyupercis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Ryukyupercis
Imamura & Yoshino, 2007
Species:
R. gushikeni
Binomial name
Ryukyupercis gushikeni
(Yoshino, 1975)[1]
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.[2] 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,[2] the specific name honours Mr Soko Gushiken, a who gave the describer of the species, Tetsuo Yoshino, many specimens.[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ Bailly N, ed. (2008). "Ryukyupercis gushikeni (Yoshino, 1975)". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Ryukyupercis gushikeni" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. โ†‘ Tetsuo Yoshino (1975). "Parapercis gushikeni A new Mugiloid Fish from the RyuKyu Islands" (PDF). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 22 (5): 343โ€“346.
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