Pandaka lidwilli

Pandaka lidwilli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gobiiformes
Family:Oxudercidae
Genus:Pandaka
Species: P. lidwilli
Binomial name
Pandaka lidwilli
(McCulloch, 1917)
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,Austrlia 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

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Pandaka lidwilli" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  2. 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.


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