Schindleria praematura | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Schindleria |
Species: | S. praematura
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Binomial name | |
Schindleria praematura | |
Synonyms [3] | |
Hemiramphus praematurus Schindler, 1930 |
Schindleria praematura, Schindler's fish is a species of neotenic goby which was formerly placed in the monogeneric family Schindleriidae but which is currently classified within the Gobiidae. [4] It is associated with reefs and has an Indo-Pacific distribution from South Africa and Madagascar to Hawaii and the sea mounts of the South Pacific. [3] The generic name and the common name honour the German zoologist Otto Schindler (1906–1959) who described the species. [5]