Biology:Cirripectes kuwamurai

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Short description: Species of fish

Cirripectes kuwamurai
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Cirripectes
Species:
C. kuwamurai
Binomial name
Cirripectes kuwamurai
Fukao, 1984

Cirripectes kuwamurai is a species of combtooth blenny found on rocky and coral reefs in the northwest Pacific ocean off Japan. This species reaches a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Japanese fish ecologist Tetsuo Kuwamura who collected the type.[3]

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes kuwamurai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342371A48407775. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342371A48407775.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48342371/48407775. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes kuwamurai" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. "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 ☰ Q2009775 entry