Telmatherina wahjui
Telmatherina wahjui is a species of fish in the subfamily Telmatherininae part of the family Melanotaeniidae, the rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs only in Lake Matano on the island of Sulawesi. It can reach a maximum length of around 5 centimetres (2.0 in).[2] This species was described in 1991 by Mairice Kottelat with a type locality of Alaponkepi which is situated at the outlet of Lake Matano.[3] The specific name honours Beni N. Wahju who was Vice President and Secretary of P. T. Inco Industries, Mr Wahju's support was vital in ensuring the ichthyological survey of the Malili Lakes, on which the type of this species was collected, was possible.[4]
| Telmatherina wahjui | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Telmatherina |
| Species: | T. wahjui |
| Binomial name | |
| Telmatherina wahjui Kottelat, 1991 | |
Sources
- Lumbantobing, D. 2019. Telmatherina wahjui. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T21580A90980251. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T21580A90980251.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Telmatherina wahjui" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Telmatherina wahjui". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 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 13 July 2019.
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