Biology:Cirripectes heemstraorum
| Cirripectes heemstraorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Cirripectes |
| Species: | C. heemstraorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirripectes heemstraorum J. T. Williams, 2010[2]
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Cirripectes heemstraorum, the yellowtail blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny from the family Blenniidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean where it is known from three South African specimens and an Indonesian specimen.[1] It is distinguished from its congeners by the nape having an extensive black flap on both sides of its neck; 10-13 cirri which are found between the neck flaps; an entire dorsal fin; 5-6 cirri above the eye, 6-8 cirri on the nose; the males have small dark spots on their body towards the tail which merge to form short black stripes on caudal peduncle, in life the females have a brilliant yellow caudal fin while in the males only the outer half of the tail is bright yellow.[3]
The specific name honours the South Africa n ichthyologists Phillip C. Heemstra and Elaine Heemstra both of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. They collected all the known South African specimens of this species and took a photograph of a specimen which showed its life colours.[4] The type were collected near Cape Vidal in KwaZulu Natal from a newly created artificial reef and the parental source of the colonisers on this reef is unknown.[2] It is thought that the natural habitat of this blenny is in the vicinity of shores or reefs which are swept by high energy waves and are prone to fast currents.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes heemstraorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T199651A46239134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T199651A46239134.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199651/46239134. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jeffery T.Williams (2010). "A new species of blenny, Cirripectes heemstraorum, from Cape Vidal, South Africa (Family Blenniidae)". Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 12: 3-7.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Cirripectes heemstraorum" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ↑ "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 October 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes2/. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q6423000 entry
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