Biology:Litobranchus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Litobranchus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Litobranchus
Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971
Species:
L. fowleri
Binomial name
Litobranchus fowleri
(Herre, 1936)
Synonyms
  • Salarias fowleri[2]

Litobranchus fowleri, Fowler's rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) SL. This species is currently the only species in its genus.[3] The specific name hours the United States ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler ((1878-1965).[4]

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Litobranchus fowleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342473A48408752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342473A48408752.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48342473/48408752. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Synonyms of Litobranchus fowleri at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Litobranchus fowleri" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  4. "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 12 March 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3500026 entry