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Pterygotrigla saumarez Last & Richards, 2012

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
Pterygotrigla saumarez Last & Richards, 2012
Name authority
Last & Richards, 2012
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Triglidae
Genus
Pterygotrigla
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. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderScorpaenoidei
  12. familyTriglidae Rafinesque, 1815
  13. genusPterygotrigla Waite, 1899
  14. speciesPterygotrigla saumarez Last & Richards, 2012

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Pterygotrigla amaokai Richards, Yato & Last, 2003TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla andertoni Waite, 1910TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla arabica (Boulenger, 1888)TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla cajorarori Richards & Yato, 2012TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla draiggoch Richards, Yato & Last, 2003TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla guezei Fourmanoir, 1963TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla pauli Hardy, 1982TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla jacad Richards & Yato, 2014TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla multiocellata (Matsubara, 1937)TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla leptacanthus (Günther, 1880)TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla soela Richards, Yato & Last, 2003TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterygotrigla hemisticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 111 records assigned to Triglidae.

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. Last, P. R., & Richards, W. J. (2012). Two new gurnards of the genus Pterygotrigla (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) from Australian seas. Zootaxa 3195:39-50. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3195.1.2 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:6WLJZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.