Hypsoblennius jenkinsi
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi, the mussel blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern central Pacific ocean. This species grows to a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours Oliver Peebles Jenkins (1850-1935), who was professor of physiology at Stanford University.[3]
| Hypsoblennius jenkinsi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Hypsoblennius |
| Species: | H. jenkinsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsoblennius jenkinsi (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chasmodes jenkinsi Jordan & Evermann, 1896 | |
References
- Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Hypsoblennius jenkinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183875A8192942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183875A8192942.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hypsoblennius jenkinsi" 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 10 March 2019.
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