Mitchell gudgeon

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Mitchell gudgeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Kimberleyeleotris
Species:
K. hutchinsi
Binomial name
Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi

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[edit]

  1. ^ Morgan, D.L. (2019). "Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T10993A123377910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T10993A123377910.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; 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.