Hypoplectrodes

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Hypoplectrodes
Redbanded perch (
Hypoplectrodes huntii
)
Half-banded seaperch (Hypoplectrodes maccullochi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Hypoplectrodes
Gill, 1862
Type species
Plectropoma nigrorobrum
Cuvier, 1828
Species

See text

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Ellerkeldia
    Whitley
    , 1927
  • Gilbertia Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890
  • Scopularia
    de Buen
    , 1959

Hypoplectrodes is a

subfamily, part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It contains eight species; six of which are endemic to Australia, with one species endemic to New Zealand, and another found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean
.

Taxonomy

The genus Hypoplectrodes was first established by the

ichthyologist Theodore Gill in 1862.[3] Gill originally merely assigned a type species (Plectropoma nigrorobrum) to the genus, but did not include a diagnosis of its characteristics. As a result, some later taxonomists rejected the name.[2][4]

Notably, the

Cuban zoologist Felipe Poey, which Gill had provided via personal correspondence in response to a request by the former author. Thus, the name Hypoplectrodes was still valid. Gill also pointed out that the name Gilbertia was also used in 1891 for a genus of moths (now valid as Walsinghamiella).[4][5]

Despite this, most authors continued to use the name Gilbertia in accordance with Boulenger's more widely known book. Though Hypoplectrodes was also used, it was then considered a

molluscs. Whitley proposed the replacement name of Ellerkeldia.[2][6]

In 1989, the American ichthyologist William D. Anderson, Jr. and the

South African ichthyologist Phillip C. Heemstra synonymized the genus Scopularia (established in 1959 for Scopularia rubra - now accepted as Hypoplectrodes semicinctum) with Whitley's Ellerkeldia. In doing so, they also discovered that Ellerkeldia was actually a junior synonym of Hypoplectrodes. They published a revised diagnosis of the genus in 1989. The genus is now valid under the name Hypoplectrodes.[2]

Hypoplectrodes is classified under the

Anthiadinae of the family Serranidae. It is closely related to the genus Plectranthias.[1][2]

Description

Members of the genus Hypoplectrodes are characterized by the absence of scales on the maxilla, one to three antrorse spines on the preopercle of the gill cover, three predorsal bones, and 26 to 28 vertebrae (usually 27, only very rarely 26). Supramaxillae are also usually present.[2]

Species and distribution

Eight species are currently classified under Hypoplectrodes, listed below, along with their common names (if present) and

distribution:[1][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nicolas Bailly (2013). Bailly N (ed.). "Hypoplectrodes". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f William D. Anderson, Jr. & Phillip C. Heemstra (1989). "Ellerkeldia, a junior synonym of Hypoplectrodes, with redescriptions of the type species of the genera (Pisces: Serranidae: Anthiinae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 102: 1001–1017.
  3. ^ Theodore Gill (1862). "Remarks on the relations of the genera and other groups of Cuban fishes". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 235–242.
  4. ^
    hdl:10088/13427
    .
  5. ISBN 9780804702010
    . Gilbertia fish genus.
  6. doi:10.4067/S0717-71781998002600005
    .
  7. ^ "Hypoplectrodes". FishBase. Retrieved September 27, 2013.

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