Hypleurochilus langi

Hypleurochilus langi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean, from Senegal to the mouth of the Congo River. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This blenny is euryhaline and it enters mouths of large rivers and occurs among mangroves, it prefers brackish water. [2] The specific name of this blenny honours the German zoologist and taxidermist Herbert Lang (1879-1957) of the American Museum of Natural History, who helped to collect the type.[3]

Hypleurochilus langi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Hypleurochilus
Species:
H. langi
Binomial name
Hypleurochilus langi
(Fowler, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Blennius langi Fowler, 1923
  • Nypleurochilus langi (Fowler, 1923)

References
  1. Williams, J.T. & Craig, M.T. (2014). "Hypleurochilus langi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185170A1775933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185170A1775933.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hypleurochilus langi" 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 9 March 2019.


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