Hypleurochilus
Hypleurochilus is a genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the Atlantic Ocean.
| Hypleurochilus | |
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| (H. fissicornis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salarinae |
| Genus: | Hypleurochilus T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Blennius multifilis Girard, 1858 | |
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Hypleurochilus aequipinnis (Günther, 1861) (Oyster blenny)
- Hypleurochilus bananensis (Poll, 1959)
- Hypleurochilus bermudensis Beebe & Tee-Van, 1933 (Barred blenny)
- Hypleurochilus brasil Pinheiro, Gasparini & Rangel, 2013[2]
- Hypleurochilus caudovittatus Bath, 1994 (Zebratail blenny)
- Hypleurochilus fissicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Hypleurochilus geminatus (W. W. Wood, 1825) (Crested blenny)
- Hypleurochilus langi (Fowler, 1923)
- Hypleurochilus multifilis (Girard, 1858) (Featherduster blenny)
- Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis Bath, 1994
- Hypleurochilus springeri J. E. Randall, 1966 (Orange-spotted blenny)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hypleurochilus in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- Pinheiro, H.T., Gasparini, J.L. & Rangel, C.A. (2013): A new species of the genus Hypleurochilus (Teleostei: Blenniidae) from Trindade Island and Martin Vaz Archipelago, Brazil. Zootaxa, 3709 (1): 95–100.
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