Bleheratherininae

<i>Bleheratherina pierucciae</i>

Bleheratherina pierucciae

Species of fish

Bleheratherina pierucciae is a species of freshwater silverside endemic to New Caledonia. This species grows to 4.7 cm (1.9 in) in standard length. It is the only known species in its genus and subfamily.[1] This species was described by Aarn and Walter Ivantsoff in 2009 with the type locality of the Tontouta River, New Caledonia,.[2] The type was collected by Heiko Bleher and Paola Pierucci and Aarn and Ivantsoff named this species after both of them, the suffix -ae indicating Ms Pierucci's gender.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Bleheratherina pierucciae" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. [2]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bleheratherina pierucciae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 July 2019.


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