Biology:Petroscirtes thepassii

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of fish

Petroscirtes thepassii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Petroscirtes
Species:
P. thepassii
Binomial name
Petroscirtes thepassii
Bleeker, 1853

Petroscirtes thepassii, the Thepas' sabretooth blenny or the Thepas' fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 5.9 centimetres (2.3 in) SL.[2] The specific name of this blenny honours the collector of the type, the military surgeon A.H. Thepass.[3]

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Petroscirtes thepassii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342300A48408638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342300A48408638.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48342300/48408638. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petroscirtes thepassii" 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 7 April 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3753262 entry