Hypleurochilus springeri
Hypleurochilus springeri, the orange-spotted blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Victor G. Springer.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Hypleurochilus |
| Species: | H. springeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypleurochilus springeri J. E. Randall, 1966 | |
References
- Williams, J.T. A; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Smith, M.L. & Eytan, R.I. (2014). "Hypleurochilus springeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104061A46958810. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104061A46958810.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hypleurochilus springeri" 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 9 March 2019.
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