Cirripectes
Cirripectes is a large genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the Pacific and Indian oceans.
| Cirripectes | |
|---|---|
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| Cirripectes vanderbilti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salarinae |
| Genus: | Cirripectes Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Salarias variolosus Valenciennes, 1836[1] | |
Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Cirripectes alboapicalis (J. D. Ogilby, 1899) (Blackblotch blenny)
- Cirripectes alleni J. T. Williams, 1993 (Kimberley blenny)
- Cirripectes auritus Carlson, 1981 (Blackflap blenny)
- Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Chestnut eyelash-blenny)
- Cirripectes chelomatus J. T. Williams & Maugé, 1984 (Lady Musgrave blenny)
- Cirripectes filamentosus (Alleyne & W. J. Macleay, 1877) (Filamentous blenny)
- Cirripectes fuscoguttatus Strasburg & L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Spotted blenny)
- Cirripectes gilberti J. T. Williams, 1988
- Cirripectes heemstraorum J. T. Williams, 2010 (Yellowtail blenny)
- Cirripectes hutchinsi J. T. Williams, 1988
- Cirripectes imitator J. T. Williams, 1985 (Imitator blenny)
- Cirripectes jenningsi L. P. Schultz, 1943
- Cirripectes kuwamurai Fukao, 1984
- Cirripectes matatakaro M. L. Hoban & Williams, 2020 (Suspiria blenny)[3]
- Cirripectes obscurus (Borodin, 1927) (Gargantuan blenny)
- Cirripectes perustus J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Flaming blenny)
- Cirripectes polyzona (Bleeker, 1868)
- Cirripectes quagga (Fowler & Ball, 1924) (Squiggly blenny)
- Cirripectes randalli J. T. Williams, 1988
- Cirripectes springeri J. T. Williams, 1988 (Springer's blenny)
- Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Red-streaked blenny)
- Cirripectes vanderbilti (Fowler, 1938) (Scarface blenny)
- Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Red-speckled blenny)
- Cirripectes viriosus J. T. Williams, 1988
References
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Cirripectes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Cirripectes in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Hoban, Mykle L.; Williams, Jeffrey T. (2020-03-24). "Cirripectes matatakaro , a new species of combtooth blenny from the Central Pacific, illuminates the origins of the Hawaiian fish fauna". PeerJ. 8: e8852. doi:10.7717/peerj.8852. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7100598.
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