Biology:Dorothea's wriggler
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Allomicrodesmus |
| Species: | A. dorotheae
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| Allomicrodesmus dorotheae Schultz, 1966
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Dorothea's wriggler, Allomicrodesmus dorotheae, is a species of fish in the monotypic genus Allomicrodesmus which is regarded by some authorities as being in the family Xenisthmidae, the wriggler family, but in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World this is treated as a synonym of the family Eleotridae, sleeper gobies.[2] It is 5 cm (2.0 in) in length.[3] It is known from just two specimens, one from the Great Barrier Reef and the other from the Marshall Islands.[4] It has been collected from a depth of around 10 m (33 ft) in a channel in a reef.[1] The specific name honours Dorothea Bowers Schultz, the wife of Leonard Peter Schultz, who illustrated the monograph in which this species is described, although not this species.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Greenfield, D.; Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Allomicrodesmus dorotheae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69739731A69742704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69739731A69742704.en.
- ↑ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC; Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817.
- ↑ Schultz, L.P. (1966). Schultz, L.P.; Woods, L.P.; Lachner, E.A.. eds. Order Percomorphida. Suborder Gobiina. Superfamily Gobioidea. (Print). In Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. 3. Families Kraemeridae through Antennariidae. United States: United States National Museum Bulletin. pp. 1–176.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Allomicrodesmus dorotheae" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 July 2017. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes1/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2497545 entry
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