Biology:Pungtungia herzi

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Pungtungia herzi
Pungtungia herzi2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Pungtungia
Species:
P. herzi
Binomial name
Pungtungia herzi
Herzenstein, 1892

Pungtungia herzi is a species of cyprinid fish found in Japan and the Korean Peninsula.[1]

Named in honor of German entomologist Alfred Otto Herz (1856–1905), who collected the type specimen.[2]

It has been observed to deposit its eggs into nests of Siniperca kawamebari, allowing the S. kawamebari male to unwittingly guard them until they hatch, which will occur before the S. kawamebari eggs hatch and the male S. kawamebari leaves.[3]

See also

  • Brood parasite

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Pungtungia herzi" in FishBase. November 2016 version.
  2. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes14/. 
  3. Baba, Reiko (1994). "Timing of Spawning and Host-nest Choice for Brood Parasitism by the Japanese Minnow, Pungtungia herzi, on the Japanese Aucha Perch, Siniperca kawamebari". Ethology 98 (1): 50-59. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1994.tb01056.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1045255 entry