Zappa confluentus
| Zappa confluentus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
| Genus: | Zappa , 1989 |
| Species: | Z. confluentus
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| Binomial name | |
| Zappa confluentus (T. R. Roberts, 1978)
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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 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[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Zappa confluentus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ "My true love gave to me … a bat species!". CBS News. December 9, 2008.
- ^ 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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Categories:
- Mudskippers
- Fish of New Guinea
- Taxa named by Tyson R. Roberts
- Fish described in 1978
- Frank Zappa
- Oxudercinae
- Endemic fauna of New Guinea
- Gobiiformes stubs
- Papua New Guinea stubs