Pseudomugil ivantsoffi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Pseudomugil |
Species: | P. ivantsoffi
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Binomial name | |
Pseudomugil ivantsoffi |
Pseudomugil ivantsoffi is a species of blue-eye from the subfamily Pseudomugilinae, part of the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae. It is endemic to Western Papua in Indonesia. [2] It was described in 1999 by Gerald R. Allen and Samuel J. Renyaan from types collected in southern Irian Jaya at two locations one a tributary of the Kopi River approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of the Tembagapura Road and from the mile 39 Camp of the Freeport Mining Company [3] in 1995. [2]
They named the species in honour of the ichthyologist Walter Ivantsoff of Macquarie University in Sydney. [4]
Pseudomugil ivantsoffi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Pseudomugil |
Species: | P. ivantsoffi
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Binomial name | |
Pseudomugil ivantsoffi |
Pseudomugil ivantsoffi is a species of blue-eye from the subfamily Pseudomugilinae, part of the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae. It is endemic to Western Papua in Indonesia. [2] It was described in 1999 by Gerald R. Allen and Samuel J. Renyaan from types collected in southern Irian Jaya at two locations one a tributary of the Kopi River approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of the Tembagapura Road and from the mile 39 Camp of the Freeport Mining Company [3] in 1995. [2]
They named the species in honour of the ichthyologist Walter Ivantsoff of Macquarie University in Sydney. [4]