Hypsypops, Gill, 1861

Tang, Kevin L., Stiassny, Melanie L. J., Mayden, Richard L. & DeSalle, Robert, 2021, Systematics of Damselfishes, Ichthyology & Herpetology 109 (1), pp. 258-318 : 282

Hypsypops .

—The Garibaldi ( Hypsypops rubicundus ), the only species in this genus, is a large damselfish (. 300 mm TL) that occurs in the temperate eastern Pacific ( Limbaugh, 1964; Miller and Lea, 1972; Allen, 1991), where it is found in shallow, rocky areas and feeds on benthic invertebrates ( Limbaugh, 1964; Clarke, 1970; Aguilar-Medrano et al., 2011). Its position within the Microspathodontinae , as the sister group of Similiparma , is strongly supported (100% bootstrap) and in line with previous studies (Cooper et al., 2009; Cowman and Bellwood, 2011; Litsios et al., 2012a, 2012b; Frédérich et al., 2013; Rabosky et al., 2013, 2018; DiBattista et al., 2016; Mirande, 2016; Gaboriau et al., 2018; Delrieu-Trottin et al., 2019). The similarity of Hypsypops to other representatives of Microspathodontinae has been noted in the literature (e.g., Heller and Snodgrass, 1903; Allen and Hoese, 1975; Hensley, 1986).