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: Gobiaria
Ordo: Kurtiformes
Subordo: Apogonoidei
Familia: Apogonidae
Subfamilia: Apogoninae
Genus: Verulux
Species: V. cypselurus – V. solmaculata
Name
Verulux Fraser, 1972
Errected as a subgenus of Rhabdamia.
Type species: Rhabdamia cypselurus Weber, 1909
Synonyms
Rhabdamia (Verulux) Fraser, 1972
References
Fraser, T.H. 1972. Comparative osteology of the shallow water cardinal fishes [Perciformes: Apogonidae] with reference to the systematics and evolution of the family. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 34: i-v + 1-105, Pls. 1-44. Reference page.
Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1 Reference page.
Verulux is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
Verulux cypselurus (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Swallow-tail cardinalfish)
Verulux solmaculata Yoshida & Motomura, 2016 (sun-spot cardinalfish) [3]
References
Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014): Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Verulux""". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
Yoshida, T. & Motomura, H. (2016): A new cardinalfish, Verulux solmaculata (Perciformes: Apogonidae), from Papua New Guinea and Australia. Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 64–70.
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