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Ruanoho whero Hardy, 1986

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Ruanoho whero Hardy, 1986
Name authority
Hardy, 1986
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Blenniiformes
Family
Tripterygiidae
Genus
Ruanoho
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderBlenniiformes
  11. familyTripterygiidae Whitley, 1931
  12. subfamilyTripterygiinae Whitley, 1931
  13. genusRuanoho Hardy, 1986
  14. speciesRuanoho whero Hardy, 1986

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Ruanoho. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Ruanoho scurra Stewart, Knudsen & Clements, 2021TripterygiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ruanoho decemdigitatus (Clarke, 1879)TripterygiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 171 records assigned to Tripterygiidae.

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.

  1. Hardy, G. S. (1986). Redescription of Gilloblennius Whitley and Phillipps, 1939 (Pisces: Tripterygiidae), and a description of a new genus and two new species from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 16 (2): 145–168, Pls. 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1986.10418175 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:4THTH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.