Parablennius salensis

Parablennius salensis is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern central Atlantic ocean near the coasts of Cape Verde.[2] It was first named and described by Hans Bath in 1990. This species reaches a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[2]

Parablennius salensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Parablennius
Species:
P. salensis
Binomial name
Parablennius salensis
Bath, 1990

Etymology

The species name salensis refers to the island of Sal (Cape Verde), the type location.[3] Its common name in Portuguese and Capeverdean Creole is "mané-cabeça".[2]

References

  1. Williams, J.T. & Craig, M.T. (2014). "Parablennius salensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185136A1770511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185136A1770511.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Parablennius salensis" in FishBase. January 2019 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 14 January 2019.


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