Cirripectes alleni

Cirripectes alleni, the Kimberley blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Indian Ocean, around Australia. This species reaches a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Gerald R. Allen.[3]

Cirripectes alleni

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Cirripectes
Species:
C. alleni
Binomial name
Cirripectes alleni
J. T. Williams, 1993

References

  1. Allen, G.R.; McEachran, J.; Patzner, R.A. & Williams, J. (2010). "Cirripectes alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155194A4741904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155194A4741904.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes alleni" 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 2 March 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.