Biology:Kiunga (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Kiunga
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily: Pseudomugilinae
Genus: Kiunga
G. R. Allen, 1983
Type species
Kiunga ballochi
Allen, 1983

Kiunga is a genus of blue-eyes endemic to Papua New Guinea. The generic name refers to the port town of Kiunga in western Papua New Guinea, the type of the type species, Kiunga ballochi having been collected in the vicinity of this settlement.[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Kiunga ballochi G. R. Allen, 1983 (Glass blue-eye)
  • Kiunga bleheri G. R. Allen, 2004

References

  1. "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 March 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes2/. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Kiunga in FishBase. June 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3498113 entry