| Pandaka lidwilli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.[1] The specific name honours the Australian anesthesiologist and 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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Pandaka lidwilli" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ 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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