Rhabdoblennius snowi

Rhabdoblennius snowi, Snow's rockskipper or the Snow blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.[2] The specific name of this blenny honours the collector of the type, the missionary Benjamin Galen Snow (1817-1880).[3]

Rhabdoblennius snowi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Rhabdoblennius
Species:
R. snowi
Binomial name
Rhabdoblennius snowi
(Fowler, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Blennius snowi Fowler, 1928
  • Salarias walensis Herre, 1935

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Rhabdoblennius snowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342471A48367032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342471A48367032.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Rhabdoblennius snowi" 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 22 March 2019.


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