Parenchelyurus hepburni
Parenchelyurus hepburni, Hepburn's blenny or the bluespotted blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL.[2] The Specific name (zoology) honours the United States Navy officer Lieutenant A.J. Hepburn who was the executive officer on board the U.S.S. Albatross, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer and the ship from which the type was collected.[3]
| Parenchelyurus hepburni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Parenchelyurus |
| Species: | P. hepburni |
| Binomial name | |
| Parenchelyurus hepburni (Snyder, 1908) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Enchelyurus hepburni Snyder, 1908 | |
Gallery
Parenchelyurus hepburni radiograph.
References
- Chao, N.L.; McEachran, J.; Patzner, R.A. & Williams, J. (2010). "Parenchelyurus hepburni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154643A4595759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154643A4595759.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parenchelyurus hepburni" 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 7 April 2019.
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