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Kiunga bleheri

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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]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; 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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Kiunga bleheri: Brief Summary

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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. 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. and Allen coined the specific name in honour of the collector of the type, the tropical fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher.

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