Coralliozetus rosenblatti
Coralliozetus rosenblatti, the Spikefin blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[2][3] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Richard H. Rosenblatt (1930-2014) of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.[4]
| Coralliozetus rosenblatti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Chaenopsidae |
| Genus: | Coralliozetus |
| Species: | C. rosenblatti |
| Binomial name | |
| Coralliozetus rosenblatti J. S. Stephens, 1963 | |
References
- Stephens, J. S. Jr. 1963 (31 Dec.) A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae. University of California Publications in Zoology v. 68: 1–165, Pls. 1-15.
- Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Coralliozetus rosenblatti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183851A8188523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183851A8188523.en.
- [ Food items for Coralliozetus rosenblatti] at www.fishbase.org.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Coralliozetus rosenblatti" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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