Parablennius sierraensis

Parablennius sierraensis is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Eastern and Central Atlantic: Cape Verde and the Gambia to Namibe, Angola.[2] The species name refers to Sierra Leone, the type location.[3] However, the IUCN give the southern limit of the distribution as being Sierra Leone.[1]

Parablennius sierraensis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Parablennius
Species:
P. sierraensis
Binomial name
Parablennius sierraensis
Bath, 1990

References

  1. Williams, J.T. & Craig, M.T. (2014). "Parablennius sierraensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185140A1771118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185140A1771118.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parablennius sierraensis" 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 14 January 2019.

Further reading

  • Fenner, Robert M. The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, New Jersey, USA: T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
  • Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, USA, 1997.
  • Moyle, P. and J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA: Prentice-Hall. 2000.
  • Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3rd ed.. New York, USA: John Wiley and Sons., 1994


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