Bleheratherina pierucciae

Bleheratherina pierucciae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinidae
Subfamily:	Bleheratherininae Aarn & Ivantsoff 2009
Genus:	Bleheratherina Aarn & Ivantsoff, 2009
Species:	B. pierucciae
Binomial name
Bleheratherina pierucciae Aarn & Ivantsoff, 2009

Bleheratherina pierucciae is a species of freshwater silverside endemic to New Caledonia. This species grows to 4.7 cm (1.9 in) in standard length. It is the only known species in its genus and subfamily.^[1] This species was described by Aarn and Walter Ivantsoff in 2009 with the type locality of the Tontouta River, New Caledonia,.^[2] The type was collected by Heiko Bleher and Paola Pierucci and Aarn and Ivantsoff named this species after both of them, the suffix -ae indicating Ms Pierucci's gender.^[3]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bleheratherina pierucciae". FishBase. June 2012 version.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bleheratherina pierucciae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 July 2019.