Biology:Glossolepis leggetti
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Glossolepis |
| Species: | G. leggetti
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| Binomial name | |
| Glossolepis leggetti G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998
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Leggett's rainbowfish (Glossolepis leggetti) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae.[1] It is only found in the Wapoga River system of northern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. This species can reach a length of 9.3 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.[2]
Etymology
This rainbowfish is named in honor of Australian aquarist-naturalist Ray Leggett (b. 1936), because of his contributions to the further knowledge of freshwater fishes in the New Guinea-Australia region.[3]
References
- ↑ Allen, G.R. and S.J. Renyaan, 1998. Three new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Irian Jaya, Indoensia. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(2):69-80.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Glossolepis leggetti" in FishBase. June 2019 version.
- ↑ "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5843201 entry
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