Salarias patzneri

Salarias patzneri, Patzner's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western central Pacific ocean. This species can reach a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the Austrian ichthyologist Robert A. Patzner who worked on the genitalia of blennies and who shared specimens with Hans Bath.[3]

Salarias patzneri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Salarias
Species:
S. patzneri
Binomial name
Salarias patzneri
Bath, 1992

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Salarias patzneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342256A48390372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342256A48390372.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Salarias patzneri" 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 23 March 2019.


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