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Glossolepis leggetti
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Glossolepis
Species:	G. leggetti
Binomial name
Glossolepis leggetti G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998

Glossolepis leggetti, also known as Leggett's rainbowfish, is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is only found in the Wapoga River system of northern Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Description

Glossolepis leggetti can reach a standard length of 9.3 centimetres (3.7 in).

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Australian aquarist-naturalist Ray Leggett (b. 1936), because of his contributions to further the knowledge of freshwater fishes in the New Guinea-Australia region.

References

1. Allen, G.R. & Kadarusman (2020). "Glossolepis leggetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161080708A161080713. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161080708A161080713.en. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
2. Allen, G.R. and S.J. Renyaan, 1998. Three new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Irian Jaya, Indonesia. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(2):69-80.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glossolepis leggetti". FishBase. June 2019 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "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 9 March 2022.

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