Labrisomus socorroensis

Labrisomus socorroensis, the Misspelled blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny endemic to the Revillagigedo Islands where they inhabit rocky areas at depths of from extremely shallow waters to 10 metres (33 ft).[1][2]

Labrisomus socorroensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Labrisomus
Species:
L. socorroensis
Binomial name
Labrisomus socorroensis
C. Hubbs, 1953
Synonyms
  • Labrisomus soccorroensis C. Hubbs, 1953

Etymology

The common name of this species - "Misspelled blenny" - derives from the fact that when Clark Hubbs initially published the description of this species he named it "L. soccorroensis" after the location from which the type specimen was collected - Socorro Island. However, a species named after Socorro Island should be named "socorroensis" and thus the blenny was "misspelled".[3]

References

  1. Hastings, P.; Dominici-Arosemena, A. (2010). "Labrisomus socorroensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T184001A8214213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184001A8214213.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Labrisomus socorroensis" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  3. Labrisomus (Labrisomus) soccorroensis Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Catalog of Fishes, Californian Academy of Sciences


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