| Zappa confluentus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Gobioidei |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Zappa Murdy, 1989 [1] |
| Species: | Z. confluentus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zappa confluentus (Roberts, 1978) [2] |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pseudapocryptes confluentus Roberts, 1978 [3] |
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Zappa is a monotypic genus of mudskipper goby named after musician Frank Zappa "for his articulate and sagacious defense of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution".[4][5] It was erected for the species Zappa confluentus, when it was split from its previous genus, Pseudapocryptes.[6]