Istiblennius colei

Istiblennius colei is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific Ocean, around the Philippines. Males of this species can reach a maximum of 11.8 cm (4.6 in) SL, while females reach a maximum of 10.3 cm (4.1 in) SL.[2] The specific name of this blenny honours Howard I. Cole (1892-1966) who was the Chief Chemist for the Philippine Health Service at the leper colony on Culion Island, Philippines, which is the type locality.[3]

Istiblennius colei

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Istiblennius
Species:
I. colei
Binomial name
Istiblennius colei
(Herre, 1934)

References

  1. Williams, J.T.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Hastings, P.A. (2011). "Istiblennius colei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T180125A7644709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T180125A7644709.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Istiblennius colei" 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 10 March 2019.


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