Kuiter's deepsea clingfish
Appearance
(Redirected from Kopua kuiteri)
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Kopua |
Species: | K. kuiteri
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Binomial name | |
Kopua kuiteri Hutchins, 1991
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Kuiter's deepsea clingfish (Kopua kuiteri) is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found only off southern Australia, at depths of between 90 and 110 metres (300 and 360 ft).
Etymology
[edit]The clingfish is named in honor of Australian underwater photographer Rudolf “Rudie” Kuiter (b. 1943), who collected the type specimen and provided color transparencies showing the fish's life coloration.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIESOCIFORMES (Clingfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Kopua kuiteri" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
- Australian Museum Fish Site
- Hutchins, J.B. 1991. Description of a new deepwater clingfish (Gobiesocidae) from New South Wales. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 15(2): 463–468.
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