Biology:Rotuma lewisi
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| Rotuma lewisi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Rotuma Springer, 1988 |
| Species: | R. lewisi
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| Rotuma lewisi Springer, 1988[2]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/69739933/69742714. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Rotuma lewisi". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=22524.
- ↑ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC; Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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 (Biological Society of Washington) 101 (3): 530–539.
- ↑ "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/.
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