Zappa confluentus
| Zappa confluentus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae
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| Genus: | Zappa Murdy, 1989 |
| Species: | Z. confluentus
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| Binomial name | |
| Zappa confluentus (T. R. Roberts, 1978)
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Zappa confluentus, the New Guinea slender mudskipper, is a
mudflats adjacent to turbid rivers. This species can reach a length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) SL.[1]
Etymology
Zappa was named after musician Frank Zappa "for his articulate and sagacious defense of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution".[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Zappa confluentus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ "My true love gave to me … a bat species!". CBS News. December 9, 2008.
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