''Lentipes whittenorum'' is a species of goby

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to marine, brackish and fresh waters of

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

jointly honours the biologists Anthony (Tony) and Jane Whitten, who assisted the describer

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

in a number projects in Indonesia, particularly in the survey of

Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...

, an island on which this goby occurs.

References

whittenorum Freshwater fish of Indonesia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fish described in 1994 {{Oxudercidae-stub