Diapterus

Life-forms

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: Gerreiformes

Familia: Gerreidae
Genus: Diapterus
Species (3): D. auratus – D. peruvianus – D. rhombeus

Check (1): D. brevirostris
Name

Diapterus Ranzani, 1842: N. Comm. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bonon., 5, 340.
References

Vergara-Solana, F.J. et al. 2014: Molecular and morphometric systematics of Diapterus (Perciformes, Gerreidae). Zoologica scripta 43(4): 338-350. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12054 Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Longspine mojarras

Diapterus is a genus of fish in the family Gerreidae, the mojarras. They are native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1][2]

Diapterus auratus Ranzani, 1842 (Irish mojarra)
Diapterus brevirostris (Sauvage, 1879) (Shortnose mojarra)
Diapterus peruvianus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Peruvian mojarra)
Diapterus rhombeus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Caitipa mojarra)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Diapterus in FishBase. February 2014 version.
Vergara-Solana, F.J., García-Rodriguez, F.J., Tavera, J.J., De Luna, E. & De La Cruz-Agüero, J. (2014): Molecular and morphometric systematics of Diapterus (Perciformes, Gerreidae). Zoologica Scripta, 43 (4): 338–350.