Pinguipes

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: Perciformes
Subordo: Trachinoidei

Familia: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Pinguipes
Species: P. brasilianus – P. chilensis
Name

Pinguipes Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829

Type species: Pinguipes brasilianus Cuvier, 1829

References

Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée. 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.

Links

Pinguipes and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Pinguipes species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Pinguipes is a small genus of sandperches belonging to the fish family Pinguipedidae found in waters off South America.
Species

The two species of Pinguipes are:[2]

Pinguipes brasilianus Cuvier, 1829 – Brazilian sandperch
Pinguipes chilensis Valenciennes, 1833 – Chilean sandperch

References

Bailly N, ed. (2017). "Pinguipes Cuvier, 1829". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Pinguipes in FishBase. February 2018 version.