Kiunga is a genus of blue-eyes endemic to Papua New Guinea. The generic name refers to the port town of Kiunga in western Papua New Guinea, the type of the type species, Kiunga ballochi having been collected in the vicinity of this settlement.[1]

Kiunga
Kiunga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily: Pseudomugilinae
Genus: Kiunga
G. R. Allen, 1983
Type species
Kiunga ballochi
Allen, 1983

Species

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There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kiunga". FishBase. June 2012 version.