Glass blue-eye

The glass blue-eye (Kiunga ballochi) is a species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea where it is only known to occur in a few small creeks adjacent to a 15–20 kilometres (9.3–12.4 mi) stretch of the Ok Tedi Mine supply road between the settlements of Kiunga and Tabubil in the Upper Fly River system close to the frontier with Irian Jaya.[2] This species has a mainly transparent body with silvery gill covers and belly, there are black spots on the margins of the scales and there are black markings on the fins and lateral line, with the fins being shaded with yellow, with the exception of the transparent pectoral fins. It attains a standard length of 3 centimetres (1.2 in).[3] This species was described by Gerald R. Allen in 1983[4] and its specific name honours the site biologist at the Ok Tedi Mine, David Balloch, for the support and assistance he gave Allen.[5]

Glass blue-eye
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Kiunga
Species:
K. ballochi
Binomial name
Kiunga ballochi

References
  1. Allen, G.R.; Hammer, M.; Unmack, P. (2020). "Kiunga ballochi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T11021A147698670. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T11021A147698670.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Kiunga ballochi" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. Adrian R.Lappin (January 2011). "Kiunga ballochi". ANGFA. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Kiunga ballochi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. 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.


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