Phenablennius heyligeri

Phenablennius heyligeri is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean around Sumatra, Borneo and off the coast of Cambodia. This species reaches a length of 5.3 centimetres (2.1 in) SL. This species is currently the only known member of its genus.[2] The specific name honours the person who collected the type, R.V. Heyliger, who was the Belgian consul in Batavia.[3]

Phenablennius heyligeri

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Subfamily: Blenniinae
Genus: Phenablennius
V. G. Springer & Smith-Vaniz, 1972
Species:
P. heyligeri
Binomial name
Phenablennius heyligeri
(Bleeker, 1859)

References

  1. Allen, D. (2012). "Phenablennius heyligeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180982A1685062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180982A1685062.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Phenablennius heyligeri" 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 7 April 2019.


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