Hypsoblennius hentz
The feather blenny (Hypsoblennius hentz) is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. This species grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) total length.[2] The feather blenny can be found in the western Atlantic Ocean. They range from Nova Scotia, Canada to Texas along the North American shore. Often, feather blenny can be found in oyster reefs and rocky shores. The identity of the person honoured in this species' specific name is uncertain but it is thought that to have been the French American arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797-1856) who is the "Mr Hentz" from Charleston, North Carolina who sent the type to Lesueur.[3]
| Hypsoblennius hentz | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Hypsoblennius hentz from the Rappahannock River in Virginia, US | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Hypsoblennius |
| Species: | H. hentz |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsoblennius hentz (Lesueur, 1825) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Blennius hentz Lesueur, 1825 | |
References
- Williams, J.T.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Smith, M.L. & Eytan, R.I. (2014). "Hypsoblennius hentz". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104064A46958815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104064A46958815.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hypsoblennius hentz" 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.