Zappa confluentus, the New Guinea slender mudskipper, is a mudskipper endemic to New Guinea, where it is only known from the lower parts of the Fly, Ramu and Bintuni Rivers. It is found on mudflats adjacent to turbid rivers. This species can reach a length of SL. Etymology Zappa was named after musician Frank Zappa "for his articulate and sagacious defense of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution". See also List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949) References Mudskippers Fish of New Guinea Taxa named by Tyson R. Roberts Fish described in 1978 Frank Zappa Oxudercinae Endemic fauna of New Guinea