Animals Named for Richard Archbold - Rhombatractus archboldi, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, 23 February 2007, Fred E. Lohrer.

Archbold Biological Station founded in 1941 by Richard Archbold

Animals named for Richard Archbold: Rhombatractus archboldi Nichols and Raven (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae). A New Guinea rainbowfish.

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Rhombatractus archboldi Nichols and Raven (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae). A New Guinea rainbowfish. Drawing by H. Ziska.-- Nichols, J.T. and H.C. Raven. 1934. Two new fresh-water fishes (Percesoces) from New Guinea. Amer. Mus. Novitates 755:1-4. <http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4549> -- The type specimen of this rainbowfish was collected on the 1st Archbold New Guinea Expedition (1933-34) in southern New Guinea at Wuroi, on the Orimo River, during January-February 1934 by Richard Archbold, Leonard J. Brass, and Austin L. Rand. The current scientific name of this species is Melanotaenia goldiei Macleay 1883.