Litobranchus
Litobranchus fowleri, Fowler's rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) SL. This species is currently the only species in its genus.[3] The specific name hours the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler ((1878-1965).[4]
| Litobranchus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Litobranchus Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971 |
| Species: | L. fowleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Litobranchus fowleri (Herre, 1936) | |
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References
- Williams, J.T. (2014). "Litobranchus fowleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342473A48408752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342473A48408752.en.
- Synonyms of Litobranchus fowleri at www.fishbase.org.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Litobranchus fowleri" 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 12 March 2019.
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