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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Pseudomugil |
| Species: | P. ivantsoffi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomugil ivantsoffi | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Pseudomugil ivantsoffi" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- Adrian R. Tappin (June 2016). "Pseudomugil ivatsoffi". Rainbowfish. ANGFA. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Pseudomugil ivantsoffi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- 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 11 July 2019.
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