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Pseudomugil ivantsoffi

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Pseudomugil ivantsoffi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Pseudomugil
Species:
P. ivantsoffi
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 miles) of the Tembagapura Road and from the mile 39 Camp of the Freeport Mining Company[3] in 1995.[2]

Etymology

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They named the species in honour of the ichthyologist Walter Ivantsoff of Macquarie University in Sydney.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudomugil ivantsoffi". FishBase. February 2019 version.
  2. ^ a b Adrian R. Tappin (June 2016). "Pseudomugil ivatsoffi". Rainbowfish. ANGFA. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudomugil ivantsoffi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. ^ 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.