Biology:Lupinoblennius nicholsi

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of fish

Lupinoblennius nicholsi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Lupinoblennius
Species:
L. nicholsi
Binomial name
Lupinoblennius nicholsi
(Tavolga, 1954)
Synonyms[2]
  • Blennius nicholsi Tavolga, 1954

Lupinoblennius nicholsi, the highfin blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Atlantic ocean, on the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico in north-eastern Mexico and Texas , it has also been recorded from Englewood, Florida. This species reaches a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[3] The specific name honours the United States ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958).[4]

References

  1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Williams, J.T.; Tornabene, L.; Brenner, J.; Carlson, J.; Caruso, J.; Chakrabarty, P.; Collette, B.B. et al. (2019). "Lupinoblennius nicholsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T191828A67933230. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191828A67933230.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/191828/67933230. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Synonyms of Lupinoblennius nicholsi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lupinoblennius nicholsi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  4. "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 October 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes2/. Retrieved 12 March 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3754029 entry