Paniai gudgeon
| Paniai gudgeon | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Oxyeleotris |
| Species: | O. wisselensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyeleotris wisselensis G. R. Allen & Boeseman, 1982 | |
Oxyeleotris wisselensis, the Paniai gudgeon, is a species of sleeper goby endemic to the Paniai Lakes (absent from Lake Paniai itself, but present in both Lake Tigi and Tage) and their tribuaries in West Papua, Indonesia. This species can reach a length of up to 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in) SL. It is popularly used as a bait fish.[2]
References
- ↑ Allen, G. 1996. Oxyeleotris wisselensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 July 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Oxyeleotris wisselensis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.