Micropercops hotayensis Mai, 1978
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Micropercops hotayensis Mai, 1978
- Name authority
- Mai, 1978
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Odontobutidae
- Genus
- Micropercops
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGobiiformes
- familyOdontobutidae Hoese & Gill, 1993
- genusMicropercops Fowler & Bean, 1920
- speciesMicropercops hotayensis Mai, 1978
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Micropercops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Micropercops borealis Nichols, 1930 | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropercops cinctus (Dabry de Thiersant, 1872) | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropercops swinhonis (Günther, 1873) | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropercops pomahaka Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard, 2017 | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Micropercops dabryi Fowler & Bean, 1920 | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hypseleotris hotayensis (Mai, 1978) (Mai, 1978) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Mai, D. Y. (1978). Identification of the fresh-water fishes of North Viet Nam. Ha Noi, Scientific & Technology, Publisher, 1: 1–340, Pls. 1–48. [In Vietnamese. Reviewed by Kottelat, Copeia 1989 (4):1102–1104 [author given as Yen in that review]. Selected parts translated into English appear in Kottelat 2001:74 et seq. [ref. 25482].]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:432VL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.