Stathmonotus hemphillii

Stathmonotus hemphillii, the blackbelly blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the western central Atlantic ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name honours the malacologist Henry Hemphill (1830-1914) who collected the type.[3]

Stathmonotus hemphillii

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Stathmonotus
Species:
S. hemphillii
Binomial name
Stathmonotus hemphillii
Synonyms
  • Stathmonotus corallicola Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Stathmonotus hemphillii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104150A48385532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104150A48385532.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Stathmonotus hemphillii" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 April 2019.


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