Lupinoblennius nicholsi
Lupinoblennius nicholsi, the highfin blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Atlantic ocean, on the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico in north-eastern Mexico and Texas, it has also been recorded from Englewood, Florida. This species reaches a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[3] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958).[4]
| Lupinoblennius nicholsi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Lupinoblennius |
| Species: | L. nicholsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lupinoblennius nicholsi (Tavolga, 1954) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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References
- Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Williams, J.T.; Tornabene, L.; et al. (2014). "Lupinoblennius nicholsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T191828A2006904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T191828A2006904.en.
- Synonyms of Lupinoblennius nicholsi at www.fishbase.org.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lupinoblennius nicholsi" 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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