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Popta's buntingi

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Popta's buntingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Adrianichthyidae
Genus: Adrianichthys
Species:
A. poptae
Binomial name
Adrianichthys poptae
Synonyms

Xenopoecilus poptae M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922

Popta's buntingi (Adrianichthys poptae) is an endangered species of fish in the family Adrianichthyidae. It is endemic to Lake Poso in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]

Etymology

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This species was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1922[3] and they gave it the species name poptae in honour of their fellow Dutch ichthyologist Canna Maria Louise Popta (1860-1929).[4]

Sources

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  1. ^ Mokodongan, D.F. (2019). "Xenopoecilus poptae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T23122A90980908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T23122A90980908.en. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Adrianichthys poptae". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Xenopoecilus poptae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 July 2019.