Dipterygonotus marisrubri is a species of marine ray-finned fish, first described in 2014.[2] It is endemic to the waters of the Red Sea. This species can reach a standard length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in).[3] Until 2024, it was classified as Emmelichthys marisrubri until a phylogenetic analysis suggested a transfer.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Caesionidae |
| Genus: | Dipterygonotus |
| Species: | D. marisrubri
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| Binomial name | |
| Dipterygonotus marisrubri | |
| Synonyms | |
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Emmelichthys marisrubri | |
Etymology
editThe specific name marisrubri refers to the Latin maris, sea; and rubrus, red, alluding to its type locality of the Red Sea.[5]
References
edit- ^ Borsa, P.; Carpenter, K.E.; Govender, A.; Ambuali, A.; Al Abdali, F.S.H.; Al Buwaiqi, B.; Al Kindi, A.S.M.; Russell, B. (2019). "Emmelichthys marisrubri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T123425392A123494652. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T123425392A123494652.en. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Fricke, R.; Golani, D.; Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2014). "Emmelichthys marisrubri, a new rover from the southern Red Sea (Teleostei: Emmelichthyidae)". Cybium. 38 (2): 83–87.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Emmelichthys marisrubri". FishBase. November 2024 version.
- ^ Matthew G. Girard (2024). "Convergent Evolution and the Red Sea Rover: Emmelichthys marisrubri (Teleostei: Emmelichthyidae) Is a Species of Fusilier (Lutjanidae: Dipterygonotus)". Ichthyology & Herpetology. 112 (1): 41–52. doi:10.1643/i2023048.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (15 August 2024). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 4): Families HAEMULIDAE and LUTJANIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
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