Platygobiopsis hadiatyae explained

Platygobiopsis hadiatyae is a species of goby, commonly known as a Renny's flat goby.^[1]

Distribution

• Currently only known from Panaitan Strait along the Sunda Strait in Indonesia.

Etymology

• This species is named Renny Kurnia Hadiaty (21 August 1960 to 30 January 2019) of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Hadiaty co-authored 19 gobioid species names in addition to many other taxa.^[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 4.3cm (01.7inches).

External links

• Platygobiopsis hadiatyae on FishBase

Notes and References

1. 2020, Helen K. Larson, Zeehan Jaafar, Tan Heok Hui & Teguh Peristiwady, Platygobiopsis hadiatyae, a new species of deepwater gobiid from Indonesia (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiinae), RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 68: 14–18
2. Web site: Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p) . 30 January 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.