Glossolepis leggetti

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Glossolepis leggetti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Glossolepis
Species:
G. leggetti
Binomial name
Glossolepis leggetti

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.

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Description

Glossolepis leggetti can reach a standard length of 9.3 centimetres (3.7 in). [3]

Etymology

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glossolepis leggetti". FishBase . June 2019 version.
  4. ↑ 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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