Glossolepis

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: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Glossolepis
Species: G. dorityi – G. incisus – G. leggetti – G. maculosus – G. multisquamata – G. pseudoincisus – G. ramuensis – G. wanamensis
Name

Glossolepis Weber, 1907

Gender: feminine

Type species: Glossolepis incisus Weber, 1907, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Lomanetia Whitley, 1936

References

Weber, M. (1907) Süsswasserfische von Neu-Guinea ein Beitrag zur Frage nach dem früheren Zusammenhang von Neu-Guinea und Australien. In: Nova Guinea. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique Néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée. Süsswasserfische von Neu-Guinea ein Beitrag zur Frage nach dem früheren Zusammenhang von Neu-Guinea und Australien. v. 5 (Zool.) pt 2: 201–267, Pls. 11-13.

Links

Glossolepis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Glossolepis is a genus of rainbowfishes from New Guinea.
Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]

Glossolepis dorityi G. R. Allen, 2001 (Doritys rainbowfish)
Glossolepis incisus M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (Red rainbowfish)
Glossolepis kabia (Herre, 1935)
Glossolepis leggetti G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998 (Leggett's rainbowfish)
Glossolepis maculosus G. R. Allen, 1981 (Spotted rainbowfish)
Glossolepis multisquamata (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) (Sepik rainbowfish)
Glossolepis pseudoincisus G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Tami River rainbowfish)
Glossolepis ramuensis G. R. Allen, 1985 (Ramu rainbowfish)
Glossolepis wanamensis G. R. Allen & Kailola, 1979 (Lake Wanam rainbowfish)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Glossolepis in FishBase. June 2012 version.