Cirripectes castaneus

Cirripectes castaneus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Cirripectes
Species:	C. castaneus
Binomial name
	Cirripectes castaneus; (Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
	Salarias castaneus Valenciennes, 1836; Cirripectes reticulatus Fowler, 1946; Cirripectes gibbifrons J.L.B. Smith, 1947;

Cirripectes castaneus, the chestnut eyelash-blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. This species reaches a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) TL.[2]

References

Williams, J.T. "Cirripectes castaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342513A48351180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342513A48351180.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes castaneus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

External links

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[1] Williams, J.T. "Cirripectes castaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342513A48351180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342513A48351180.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes castaneus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.