Popta's buntingi
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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] This 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]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beloniformes |
Family: | Adrianichthyidae |
Genus: | Adrianichthys |
Species: | A. poptae |
Binomial name | |
Adrianichthys poptae (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) | |
Synonyms | |
Xenopoecilus poptae M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 |
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