Description of Halichoeres rubrovirens, a new species of wrasse (labridae: perciformes) from the Trindade and Martin Vaz Island group, southeastern Brazil, with a preliminary mtDNA molecular phylogeny of new world Halichoeres

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2422, 2010, Pages 22-30

  Rocha, Luiz A ^a   Pinheiro, Hudson T ^b   Gasparini, João Luiz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endemism; Oceanic Islands; Reef fish; Taxonomy; Western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

HALICHOERES; LABRIDAE; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; PERCIFORMES; THALASSOMA NORONHANUM;

EID: 77953951017     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2422.1.2     Document Type: Article

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