Hirculops cornifer
Hirculops cornifer, the highbrow rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian ocean. This species reaches a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]
| Hirculops cornifer | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salarinae |
| Genus: | Hirculops J. L. B. Smith, 1959 |
| Species: | H. cornifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Hirculops cornifer (Rüppell, 1830) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Blennius cornifer Rüppell, 1830 | |
References
- Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Williams, J.T. (2014). "Hirculops cornifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46079775A46664394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46079775A46664394.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hirculops cornifer" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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