Biology:Cirripectes jenningsi

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Short description: Species of fish

Cirripectes jenningsi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Cirripectes
Species:
C. jenningsi
Binomial name
Cirripectes jenningsi
L. P. Schultz, 1943

Cirripectes jenningsi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Pacific ocean, from the Gilbert Islands to the Tuamotu Islands. This species reaches a length of 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Alexander Jennings who was the manager of Swains Island, one of the Phoenix Islands in American Samoa, where Schultz collected the type.[3]

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes jenningsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342306A48401344. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342306A48401344.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48342306/48401344. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes jenningsi" 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 ☰ Q1923782 entry