Mitchell gudgeon

Mitchell gudgeon
Scientific classification
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

  1. ↑ {{cite journal | author = Wager, R. | year = 1996 | title= Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 1996 | page = e.T10993A3237333 | url = https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10993A3237333.en | accessdate = 26 July 2018]]
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. ↑ 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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