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Kiunga

Kiunga (fish)

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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

^ 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.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Kiunga in FishBase. June 2012 version.

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Kiunga (fish): Brief Summary

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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.

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