Stathmonotus stahli

Stathmonotus stahli
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Chaenopsidae
Genus:	Stathmonotus
Species:	S. stahli
Binomial name
	Stathmonotus stahli; (Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899)
Synonyms
	Auchenistius stahli Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899; Histioclinus veliger Metzelaar, 1919;

Stathmonotus stahli, the eelgrass blenny or the seagrass blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the Puerto Rican physician and biologist Augustin Stahl (1842-1917).[3]

References

Evermann, B.W. and M.C. Marsh, 1899 (19 Dec.) Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from Puerto Rico. Report of the United States Fish Commission v. 25 [1899]: 351–362.

Williams, J.T. (2014). "Stathmonotus stahli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104153A48367346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104153A48367346.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Stathmonotus stahli" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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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[1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Stathmonotus stahli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104153A48367346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104153A48367346.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Stathmonotus stahli" 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.