Microlipophrys canevae

Microlipophrys canevae is a species of combtooth blenny found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean near Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.[2]

Microlipophrys canevae

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Microlipophrys
Species:
M. canevae
Binomial name
Microlipophrys canevae
(Vinciguerra, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Blennius canevae Vinciguerra, 1880
  • Microlipophrys canevae Vinciguerra, 1880
  • Lipophrys heuvelmansi Charousset (fr), 1986

A previously undescribed species of combtppth blenny was described from the Adriatic Sea by the French ichthyologist François Charrousset (fr) from two specimens and given the name Lipophrys heuvelmansi.[3] However, in 2015 a comparison of these specimens with specimens of M. canevae showed that L. heuvelsmani was a junior synonym of this species.[4]

The specific name honours the friend of Vincuguerra's, Giorgio Caneva, whose work encouraged Vinciguerra to study blennies from the Gulf of Genoa and led to the description of this species.[5]

References
  1. Williams, J.T.; Herler, J. & Kovacic, M. (2014). "Microlipophrys canevae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185156A44749514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185156A44749514.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Microlipophrys canevae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Charousset, F. (1986). "Un nouveau poisson trouvé en Mediterranée Lipophrys heuvelmansi nov. spec. (la blennie de Heuvelmans)". Clin Oeil (13): 10–17.
  4. Francisco Tiralongo; Emanuele Mancini; Fabio Russo; Lorenzo Rossi (2015). "Lipophrys heuvelsmani Charrouset, 1986 {Pisces, Blennidae) history and identity of a fish". Il Naturalista Siciliano. 39: 97–103.
  5. 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 15 March 2019.


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