Samaris

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
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Pleuronectoidei

Familia: Samaridae
Genus: Samaris
Species (1): S. cristatus
Name

Samaris Gray, 1831: 4 ('n. g.')
Gender: [masculine]
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Samaris cristatus Gray, 1831
Fixation: monotypy

References

Gray, J.E. 1831: Description of three new species of fish, including two undescribed genera, discovered by John Reeves, Esq., in China. Pp. 4-5 in: Gray, J.E., The zoological miscellany. Part 1. Treuttel, Würtz & Co., London. Google books

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Samaris is a genus of crested flounders native to the Indo-Pacific.
Species

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

Samaris chesterfieldensis Mihara & Amaoka, 2004
Samaris costae Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989
Samaris cristatus J. E. Gray, 1831 (Cockatoo righteye flounder)
Samaris macrolepis Norman, 1927 (Large-scale crested righteye flounder)
Samaris spinea Mihara & Amaoka, 2004

References

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