Pseudomugil ivantsoffi explained

Pseudomugil ivantsoffi is a species of blue-eye from the subfamily Pseudomugilinae, part of the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae. It is endemic to Western Papua in Indonesia.[1] It was described in 1999 by Gerald R. Allen and Samuel J. Renyaan from types collected in southern Irian Jaya at two locations one a tributary of the Kopi River approximately 1km (01miles) of the Tembagapura Road and from the mile 39 Camp of the Freeport Mining Company in 1995.[1]

Etymology

They named the species in honour of the ichthyologist Walter Ivantsoff of Macquarie University in Sydney.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pseudomugil ivatsoffi . Adrian R. Tappin . June 2016 . Rainbowfish . ANGFA . 11 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE . 11 July 2019 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 14 March 2019.