Rotuma lewisi

Rotuma lewisi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Rotuma Springer, 1988
Species:	R. lewisi
Binomial name
Rotuma lewisi Springer, 1988 [2]

Rotuma lewisi, or Lewis's wriggler, is a species of fish in the family Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae. ^[3] Rotuma is a monotypic genus. ^[4] The generic name refers to the volcanic island of Rotuma, north of Fiji while the specific name honours Anthony D. Lewis, a Fisheries Officer of the Government of Fiji who supported Springer's field work in Fiji. ^[5] It has been recorded from Fiji, Tonga, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Comoros Islands, and the Chesterfield Islands. ^[1]

Distribution

Southwest Pacific. ^[4]

References

1. Greenfield, D.; Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Rotuma lewisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T69739933A69742714. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69739933A69742714.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rotuma lewisi". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 July 2018.
3. Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN   978-1-119-22081-7.
4. Springer, V.G. (1988). "Rotuma lewisi, new genus and species of fish from the southwest Pacific (Gobioidei, Xenisthmidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101 (3). Biological Society of Washington: 530–539.
5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 July 2018.