Dermogenys collettei
Appearance
Dermogenys collettei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beloniformes |
Family: | Zenarchopteridae |
Genus: | Dermogenys |
Species: | D. collettei
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Binomial name | |
Dermogenys collettei A. D. Meisner, 2001[1]
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Dermogenys collettei is a species of viviparous halfbeak found in freshwater areas in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.[2] This species was described in 2001 by Amy Downing Meisner with the type locality given as Kuching in Sarawak.[3] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette.[4]
Dermogenys collettei have been shown[5] to exhibit shoaling behavior. However, contrary to predictions, they exhibited this behavior in low predation scenarios, forest stream habitats in low predation, and more open stream habitats.[5] They did not exhibit shoaling when faced with immediate predation risk.[5] Their behavior suggests that adaptive responses to immediate predation risk are absent.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dermogenys collettei". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Pygmy Halfbeak - Dermogenys collettei
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dermogenys collettei". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Ho, Jonathan (31 December 2015). "Shoaling behaviour in the pygmy halfbeak Dermogenys collettei (Beloniformes: Zenarchopteridae): comparing populations from contrasting predation regimes". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 63: 237–245 – via Science Citation Index.