Hypsoblennius jenkinsi

Hypsoblennius jenkinsi, the mussel blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern central Pacific ocean. This species grows to a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours Oliver Peebles Jenkins (1850-1935), who was professor of physiology at Stanford University.[3]

Hypsoblennius jenkinsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Hypsoblennius
Species:
H. jenkinsi
Binomial name
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi
Synonyms

Chasmodes jenkinsi Jordan & Evermann, 1896

References

  1. Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Hypsoblennius jenkinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183875A8192942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183875A8192942.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hypsoblennius jenkinsi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. 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 10 March 2019.


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