Wirz's goby (Oxuderces wirzi) is a species of goby found in Oceania from Papua New Guinea and northern Australia.[1][2]

Wirz's goby
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Oxuderces
Species:
O. wirzi
Binomial name
Oxuderces wirzi
(Koumans, 1937)
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Description

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This species reaches a length of 10.5 cm (4.1 in).[3]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of a "Dr. Wirz", who collected the type specimen., probably referring to Swiss anthropologist Paul Wirz (1892-1955).[4]

References

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  1. ^ Jaafar, Z. & Parenti, L.R. (2016): Systematics of the mudskipper genus Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet 1848 (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) with resurrection from synonymy of O. nexipinnis (Cantor 1849). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180 (1): 195-215.
  2. ^ Kailola, P.J., 1991. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. 153 p.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oxuderces wirzi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families TRICHONOTIDAE, RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 March 2023.