Phallostethus dunckeri

Phallostethus dunckeri is a species of fish in the family Phallostethidae. It is endemic to Malaysia.

Phallostethus dunckeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Phallostethidae
Genus: Phallostethus
Species:
P. dunckeri
Binomial name
Phallostethus dunckeri
Regan, 1913

Environment

Phallostethus dunckeri is recorded to be found in a freshwater environment within a pelagic depth range. This species is native to a tropical climate.[2][1]

Distribution

Phallostethus dunckeri is native to the areas of Asia and Malaysia.[2]

Biology

The eggs of Phallostethus dunckeri are fertilised internally and then after laying they are attached to the substrate by adhesive filaments.[3]

Taxonomy and naming

Phallostethus dunckeri is the type species of the genus Phallostethus.[4] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1913 with a type locality of the Muar River, Johor in Malaysia.[5] Regan honoured the German ichthyologist Georg Duncker (1870-1953) of the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Duncker initially wrote about this species in 1904 but he was too busy to write a description so he passed some of his specimens on to Regan for him to describe.[6]

References
  1. Kottelat, M. (1996). "Phallostethus dunckeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16870A6527698. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16870A6527698.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Phallostethus dunckeri" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. "Phallostethus dunckeri". Encyclopedia Of Life. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Phallostethus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Phallostethus dunckeri". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 July 2019.


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