Pandaka lidwilli
Appearance
Pandaka lidwilli | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Pandaka |
Species: | P. lidwilli
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Binomial name | |
Pandaka lidwilli (McCulloch, 1917)
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Synonyms | |
Gobius lidwilli McCulloch, 1917 |
Pandaka lidwilli, or the Lidwill's dwarf goby is a species of goby found in brackish and salt water in the mouths of rivers and maritime zones in Japan,Australia and Papua New Guinea.[1] The specific name honours the Australian anesthesiologist, cardiologist Mark C. Lidwill (1878-1969), who was co-inventor of the pacemaker, as well as being a saltwater angler, who while fishing for game fish observed this tiny goby and brought it to the attention of Allan Riverstone McCulloch who subsequently described it.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Pandaka lidwilli" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 August 2018.