Rotuma lewisi Springer 1988 articles

Rotuma lewisi

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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]

Southwest Pacific.^[4]

^ ^a ^b 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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rotuma lewisi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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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. Rotuma is a monotypic genus. 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. It has been recorded from Fiji, Tonga, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Comoros Islands, and the Chesterfield Islands.