Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei
Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Sicydiinae
Genus: Akihito
Species: A. futuna – A. vanuatu
Name
Akihito Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007: 342
Type species: Akihito vanuatu ♂ Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
Etymology: Akihito: named after Japanese Emperor Akihito "for his many contributions to goby systematics and phylogenetic research". [Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007: 342]
References
Primary references
Watson, R.E., Keith, P. & Marquet, G. 2007. Akihito vanuatu, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific. Cybium 31(3): 341–349. DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2007-313-003 ResearchGate Reference page.
Additional references
Keith, P., Lord, C., Lorion, J., Watanabe, S., Tsukamoto, K., Couloux, A., & Dettai, A. (2011). Phylogeny and biogeography of Sicydiinae (Teleostei: Gobiidae) inferred from mitochonrdrial and nuclear genes. Marine Biology 158 (2): 311–326.
Parenti, P. 2021. A checklist of the gobioid fishes of the world (Percomorpha: Gobiiformes). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 8(Suppl. 1): 1–480. PDF Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Akihito's Gobies
日本語: アキヒト属
中文: 明仁虾虎鱼属
Akihito is a genus of gobies native to streams in Vanuatu.
Etymology
This genus is named after Japanese Emperor Akihito who has contributed much to the study of gobies.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
Akihito futuna Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2008 (Futuna's emperor)
Akihito vanuatu Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007 (Vanuatu's emperor)
See also
Exyrias akihito, species of the genus Exyrias named after Akihito
References
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (6 December 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Akihito in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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