Biology:Allen's river garfish
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Zenarchopteridae |
| Genus: | Zenarchopterus |
| Species: | Z. alleni
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| Binomial name | |
| Zenarchopterus alleni Collette, 1982
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Allen's river garfish (Zenarchopterus alleni) is a species of viviparous halfbeak endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.
The Allen's river garfish was first discovered in the Mamberamo River in Papua, Indonesia. It is known from only one specimen. The specimen recovered measured 13 centimetres (5.1 in) SL in length and had 14 dorsal soft rays and 13 anal soft rays.[2] The specific name honours the United States ichthyologist Gerald R. Allen.[3]
References
- ↑ Palmer-Newton, A. (2020). "Zenarchopterus alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T23202A127950613. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T23202A127950613.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23202/127950613. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Zenarchopterus alleni" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
- ↑ "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 15 June 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/beloniformes/. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q4731460 entry
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