''Bleheratherina pierucciae'' is a
species
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of
freshwater
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silverside
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endemic
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to
New Caledonia
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. This species grows to in
standard length
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Overall length
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. It is the
only known species in its
genus
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and subfamily.
This species was
described by Aarn and Walter Ivantsoff in 2009 with the
type locality of the
Tontouta River
The Tontouta River is a river of New Caledonia. It has a catchment area of 476 square kilometres.
See also
*List of rivers of New Caledonia A list of rivers of New Caledonia:
* Amoa River
* Canala River
* Cap River
* Comboui River
* Diahot Riv ...
, New Caledonia,.
The
type
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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.
References
Atherinidae
Fish described in 2009
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