Odontanthias hensleyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: 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: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Anthiadinae
Genus: Odontanthias
Species: Odontanthias hensleyi

Name

Odontanthias hensleyi Anderson & García-Moliner, 2012

Holotype: USNM 400888. Paratypes: UPRM 3793 (1), 3794 (1), 3809 (1).

Type locality: Mona Passage, off west coast of Puerto Rico, 18°07'N, 67°40'W, depth 338 meters.

Etymology: The specific epithet hensley is for Dannie A. Hensley, formerly an ichthyologist at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez.

References

• Anderson, Jr., W.D. & García-Moliner, G. 2012: A new species of Odontanthias Bleeker (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Mona Passage off Puerto Rico, the first record of the genus from the Atlantic Ocean. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 25–30.

Vernacular names

English: Euripos Jewelfish