Cirripectes jenningsi
Cirripectes jenningsi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Pacific ocean, from the Gilbert Islands to the Tuamotu Islands. This species reaches a length of 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Alexander Jennings who was the manager of Swains Island, one of the Phoenix Islands in American Samoa, where Schultz collected the type.[3]
| Cirripectes jenningsi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Cirripectes |
| Species: | C. jenningsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cirripectes jenningsi L. P. Schultz, 1943 | |
References
- Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes jenningsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342306A48401344. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342306A48401344.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes jenningsi" 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 2 March 2019.
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