Biology:Axoclinus rubinoffi

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Axoclinus rubinoffi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Axoclinus
Species:
A. rubinoffi
Binomial name
Axoclinus rubinoffi
Allen & Robertson, 1992

Axoclinus rubinoffi, known commonly as Rubinoff's triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny.[2] This species is endemic to Malpelo Island in the eastern Pacific off Colombia.[1] The specific name of this fish honours the United States marine biologist Ira Rubinoff (b. 1938), Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hastings, P.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Bessudo, S. (2010). "Axoclinus rubinoffi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T183612A8144526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183612A8144526.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/183612/8144526. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Axoclinus rubinoffi" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 January 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/. Retrieved 7 May 2019. 

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