| Wirz's goby | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Oxuderces |
| Species: | O. wirzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxuderces wirzi (Koumans, 1937) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Wirz's goby (Oxuderces wirzi) is a species of goby found in Oceania from Papua New Guinea and northern Australia.[1] [2]
Description
This species reaches a length of 10.5 cm (4.1 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of a "Dr. Wirz", who collected the type specimen., probably referring to Swiss anthropologist Paul Wirz (1892-1955).[4]
References
- ↑ Jaafar, Z. & Parenti, L.R. (2016): Systematics of the mudskipper genus Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet 1848 (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) with resurrection from synonymy of O. nexipinnis (Cantor 1849). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180 (1): 195-215.
- ↑ Kailola, P.J., 1991. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. 153 p.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Oxuderces wirzi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families TRICHONOTIDAE, RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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