Petroscirtes pylei
| Petroscirtes pylei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Petroscirtes |
| Species: | P. pylei |
| Binomial name | |
| Petroscirtes pylei Smith-Vaniz, 2005 | |
Petroscirtes pylei, the twilight fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean, around Fiji. This species reaches a length of 4.1 centimetres (1.6 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Richard L. Pyle of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.[3]
References
- ^ Williams, J.; Smith-Vaniz, W. and Hastings, P. (2014). "Petroscirtes pylei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342391A48363953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342391A48363953.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petroscirtes pylei". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ 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.