Glossolepis leggetti
| Glossolepis leggetti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Glossolepis |
| Species: | G. leggetti
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| Binomial name | |
| Glossolepis leggetti G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998
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Glossolepis leggetti, also known as Leggett's rainbowfish, is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae.[2] It is only found in the Wapoga River system of northern Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Description[edit]
Glossolepis leggetti can reach a standard length of 9.3 centimetres (3.7 in).[3]
Etymology[edit]
This species is named in honour of Australian aquarist-naturalist Ray Leggett (b. 1936), because of his contributions to further the knowledge of freshwater fishes in the New Guinea-Australia region.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Allen, G.R. & Kadarusman (2020). "Glossolepis leggetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161080708A161080713. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161080708A161080713.en. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Allen, G.R. and S.J. Renyaan, 1998. Three new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Irian Jaya, Indonesia. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(2):69-80.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Glossolepis leggetti" in FishBase. June 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "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 9 March 2022.
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