Biology:Pseudomugil ivantsoffi

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Pseudomugil ivantsoffi
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Pseudomugil
Species:
P. ivantsoffi
Binomial name
Pseudomugil ivantsoffi
G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1999[1]

Pseudomugil ivantsoffi is a species of blue-eye from the subfamily Pseudomugilinae, part of the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae. It is endemic to Western Papua in Indonesia.[2] It was described in 1999 by Gerald R. Allen and Samuel J. Renyaan from types collected in southern Irian Jaya at two locations one a tributary of the Kopi River approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of the Tembagapura Road and from the mile 39 Camp of the Freeport Mining Company[3] in 1995.[2]

Etymology

They named the species in honour of the ichthyologist Walter Ivantsoff of Macquarie University in Sydney.[4]

References

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