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Issue: Vol. 3131 No. 1: 15 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3131.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 19

Taxonomic status of Parapercis elongata (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae), with comments on its authorship

Chair of Marine Biology and Biodiversity (Systematic Ichthyology), Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan
Laboratory of Marine Biology and Biodiversity (Systematic Ichthyology), Faculty of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan
1-12-15 Kiyuna, Ginowan, Okinawa 901-2222, Japan
Fish Parapercis elongata Parapercis alboguttata synonym nomenclature

Abstract

The validity and authorship of Parapercis elongata are discussed. Although Fourmanoir (1967) has been considered to be the author of P. elongata, Fourmanoir (1965) satisfies the nomenclatural requirements associated with the availability of species names and P. elongata Fourmanoir, 1965 has priority over P. elongata of Fourmanoir, 1967. Although the holotype of P. elongata was not able to be conclusively determined, no significant differences were recognized between the original description of P. elongata and the holotype and non-types of Parapercis alboguttata (Gunther, 1872). Accordingly, P. elongata Fourmanoir, 1965 is determined to be a junior synonym of P. alboguttata.

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