Kiunga (fish)

Kiunga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomugilinae
Genus:	Kiunga ; G. R. Allen, 1983
Type species
	Kiunga ballochi; Allen, 1983

Last updated February 18, 2025

Kiunga is a genus of blue-eyes endemic to Papua New Guinea. The generic name refers to the port town of Kiunga in western Papua New Guinea, the type of the type species, Kiunga ballochi having been collected in the vicinity of this settlement.^[1]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[2]

Kiunga auromarginata G. R. Allen, Unmack, Hammer & Storey, 2024^[3]
Kiunga ballochi G. R. Allen, 1983 (Glass blue-eye)
Kiunga bleheri G. R. Allen, 2004
Kiunga filamentosa G. R. Allen, Unmack, Hammer & Storey, 2024^[3]
Kiunga leucozona G. R. Allen, Unmack, Hammer & Storey, 2024^[3]

References

↑ 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 10 July 2019.
↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kiunga". FishBase . June 2012 version.
1 2 3 Allen, G.R., Unmack, P.J., Hammer, M.P. & Storey, A.W. (2024). "A remarkable radiation of five species in the genus Kiunga (Teleostei: Pseudomugilidae) from the Fly River system, Papua New Guinea with descriptions of three new species". Fishes of Sahul. 38 (2): 2137-2157.

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[ETYFish-1] 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 10 July 2019.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kiunga". FishBase . June 2012 version.

[Allenetal24-3] 1 2 3 Allen, G.R., Unmack, P.J., Hammer, M.P. & Storey, A.W. (2024). "A remarkable radiation of five species in the genus Kiunga (Teleostei: Pseudomugilidae) from the Fly River system, Papua New Guinea with descriptions of three new species". Fishes of Sahul. 38 (2): 2137-2157.

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