Phallostethus dunckeri is a species of fish in the family Phallostethidae. It is endemic to Malaysia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Phallostethidae |
| Genus: | Phallostethus |
| Species: | P. dunckeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Phallostethus dunckeri Regan, 1913
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Environment
editPhallostethus dunckeri is recorded to be found in a freshwater environment within a pelagic depth range. This species is native to a tropical climate.[2][1]
Distribution
editPhallostethus dunckeri is native to the areas of Asia and Malaysia.[2]
Biology
editThe eggs of Phallostethus dunckeri are fertilised internally and then after laying they are attached to the substrate by adhesive filaments.[3]
Taxonomy and naming
editPhallostethus dunckeri is the type species of the genus Phallostethus.[4] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1913 with a type locality of the Muar River, Johor in Malaysia.[5] Regan honoured the German ichthyologist Georg Duncker (1870–1953) of the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Duncker initially wrote about this species in 1904 but he was too busy to write a description so he passed some of his specimens on to Regan for him to describe.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Daniels, A. (2020). "Phallostethus dunckeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T16870A90985711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T16870A90985711.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phallostethus dunckeri". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ "Phallostethus dunckeri". Encyclopedia Of Life. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Phallostethus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Phallostethus dunckeri". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ 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 14 July 2019.
- "Phallostethus dunckeri 精器魚". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 27 September 2013.</ref>
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