Popta's buntingi (Adrianichthys poptae) is an endangered species of fish in the family Adrianichthyidae. It is endemic to Lake Poso in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]
| Popta's buntingi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Adrianichthyidae |
| Genus: | Adrianichthys |
| Species: | A. poptae
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| Binomial name | |
| Adrianichthys poptae (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
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| Synonyms | |
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Xenopoecilus poptae M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 | |
Etymology
editThis species was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1922[3] and they gave it the species name poptae in honour of their fellow Dutch ichthyologist Canna Maria Louise Popta (1860-1929).[4]
Sources
edit- ^ Mokodongan, D.F. (2019). "Xenopoecilus poptae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T23122A90980908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T23122A90980908.en. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Adrianichthys poptae". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Xenopoecilus poptae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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