Glossolepis leggetti
Leggett's rainbowfish (Glossolepis leggetti) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae.[1] It is only found in the Wapoga River system of northern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. This species can reach a length of 9.3 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.[2]
| Glossolepis leggetti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Glossolepis |
| Species: | G. leggetti |
| Binomial name | |
| Glossolepis leggetti G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998 | |
Etymology
This rainbowfish is named in honor of Australian aquarist-naturalist Ray Leggett (b. 1936), because of his contributions to the further knowledge of freshwater fishes in the New Guinea-Australia region.[3]
References
- Allen, G.R. and S.J. Renyaan, 1998. Three new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Irian Jaya, Indoensia. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(2):69-80.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Glossolepis leggetti" in FishBase. June 2019 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "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 9 March 2022.
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