EASTERN PACIFIC FISHES OF THE GENUS RYPTICUS (PERCIFORMES: GRAMMISTIDAE)

Author

• LAWRENCE VICTOR MCCARTHY

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1977

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Three species of the genus Rypticus Cuvier (Perciformes: Grammistidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific region are described and illustrated, including their juvenile forms. Rypticus bicolor Valencienne and R. nigripinnis Gill are recognized as distinct species, and a new species is described. Distribution is in the area of warm equatorial circulation from lower Baja California southward to the Ecuador-Peruvian border.

Extent

58 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.

Recommended Citation

MCCARTHY, LAWRENCE VICTOR, "EASTERN PACIFIC FISHES OF THE GENUS RYPTICUS (PERCIFORMES: GRAMMISTIDAE)" (1977). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 533.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/533

Identifier

FADT13888

Format

pdf