Peter wirtzi
Peter wirtzi (Schliewen & Kovačić, 2008)
Peter wirtzi is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. It is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs at depths from 15 to 25 m (50 to 80 ft). The species was first described by Kovačić and Schliewen in 2008.
- Also published as
- Didogobius wirtzi Schliewen & Kovačić, 2008
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In human culture
Both the genus and specific names honour Peter Wirtz, a marine biologist at the University of Madeira who collected the types of this species and Peter amicuscaridis, as well as numerous other Gobiiformes. His collection is now housed in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München in Munich.
== References ==
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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References
- Schliewen, U. K., & Kovačić, M. (2008). Didogobius amicuscaridis spec. nov. and D. wirtzi spec. nov., two new species of symbiotic gobiid fish from São Tomé and Cape Verde islands. Spixiana 31(2): 247-261.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.