Pandaka lidwilli
Species of fish
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Pandaka lidwilli, or the Lidwill's dwarf goby, is a species of goby found in brackish and salt water in the mouths of rivers and maritime zones in Japan, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.[1] In the Teima River estuary on Okinawa-jima Island, Japan, Pandaka lidwilli spawns from January to October.[2] It lives in muddy substrate near mangroves and is threatened by human activities such as landfill and deforestation, so it’s listed “Vulnerable” in Japan’s Red Data Books.[2] The specific name honours the Australian anesthesiologist and cardiologist Mark C. Lidwill (1878–1969), who was co-inventor of the pacemaker, as well as being a saltwater angler who, while fishing for game fish, observed this tiny goby and brought it to the attention of Allan Riverstone McCulloch who subsequently described it.[3]
| Pandaka lidwilli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Pandaka |
| Species: | P. lidwilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Pandaka lidwilli (McCulloch, 1917) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gobius lidwilli McCulloch, 1917 | |
