Kiunga bleheri

Kiunga bleheri is a species of blue-eyes from the subfamily Pseudomugilinae, part of the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae which is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[1] It was described by Gerald R. Allen in 2004 from a type locality of Tare Creek at 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) from the central market of Kiunga on the Konkonda Road.[2] and Allen coined the specific name in honour of the collector of the type, the tropical fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher.[3]

Kiunga bleheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Kiunga
Species:
K. bleheri
Binomial name
Kiunga bleheri
Allen, 2004

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Kiunga bleheri" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Kiunga bleheri". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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