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Kailola's hardyhead
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinidae
Genus:	Craterocephalus
Species:	C. kailolae
Binomial name
Craterocephalus kailolae Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987

Kailola's hardyhead (Craterocephalus kailolae) is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. It reaches a maximum length of 6 cm. It inhabits shallow, clear creeks with gravel substrate. This species was described by Walter Ivantsoff, Lucy Crowley and Gerald R. Allen in 1987 with a type locality of a still backwater of Foasi Creek 3 kilometers west of Safia airstrip in Papua New Guinea. The specific name honours the Patricia J. Kailola, for her contribution to the knowledge of the ichthyology of Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Palmer-Newton, A. (2020). "Craterocephalus kailolae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T5493A147521358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T5493A147521358.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Craterocephalus kailolae". FishBase. April 2019 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Craterocephalus kailolae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

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