Hypleurochilus langi
Hypleurochilus langi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean, from Senegal to the mouth of the Congo River. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This blenny is euryhaline and it enters mouths of large rivers and occurs among mangroves, it prefers brackish water.[2] The specific name of this blenny honours the German zoologist and taxidermist Herbert Lang (1879-1957) of the American Museum of Natural History, who helped to collect the type.[3]
| Hypleurochilus langi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Hypleurochilus |
| Species: | H. langi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypleurochilus langi (Fowler, 1923) | |
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References
- Williams, J.T. & Craig, M.T. (2014). "Hypleurochilus langi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185170A1775933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185170A1775933.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hypleurochilus langi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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