Zappa confluentus

This article is about representatives of Zappa genus. For Periophthalmus, see Slender mudskipper.

Zappa confluentus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Oxudercinae
Genus: Zappa
Murdy, 1989
Species:
Z. confluentus
Binomial name
Zappa confluentus

Zappa confluentus, the New Guinea slender mudskipper, is a mudskipper endemic to New Guinea, where it is only known from the lower parts of the Fly, Ramu and Bintuni Rivers. It is found on mudflats adjacent to turbid rivers. This species can reach a length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) SL.[1]

Etymology

Zappa was named after musician Frank Zappa "for his articulate and sagacious defense of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution".[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Zappa confluentus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ "My true love gave to me … a bat species!". CBS News. December 9, 2008. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008.
  3. ^ Murdy, E. O. (1989). "A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae)". Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 11: 1–93. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.11.1989.93.


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