Parahypsos piersoni

Parahypsos piersoni
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Subfamily:	Salarinae
Genus:	Parahypsos; Bath, 1982
Species:	P. piersoni
Binomial name
	Parahypsos piersoni; (C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
Synonyms
	Hypsoblennius piersoni Gilbert & Starks, 1904;

Parahypsos piersoni is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Pacific ocean, from Costa Rica to Peru.[2] The specific name honours C.J. Pierson, who was a member of the expedition to Panama on which the type was collected.[3]

References

Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Parahypsos piersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183907A8197835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183907A8197835.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parahypsos piersoni" 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 19 March 2019.

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