Mitchell gudgeon
| Mitchell gudgeon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Kimberleyeleotris |
| Species: | K. hutchinsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1987 | |
The Mitchell gudgeon (Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi) is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae endemic to the Kimberley region of Australia, where it is only known from the Mitchell River system. This species can reach a length of 4 cm (1.6 in).[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist J. Barry Hutchins (b. 1946) of the Western Australian Museum, who collected the type.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Morgan, D.L. (2019). "Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T10993A123377910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T10993A123377910.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ 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 21 July 2018.
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