Microlipophrys canevae is a species of combtooth blenny found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean near Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Microlipophrys |
| Species: | M. canevae
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| Microlipophrys canevae (Vinciguerra, 1880)
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A previously undescribed species of combtooth blenny was described from the Adriatic Sea by the French ichthyologist François Charrousset (fr) from two specimens and given the name Lipophrys heuvelmansi.[3] However, in 2015 a comparison of these specimens with specimens of M. canevae showed that L. heuvelsmani was a junior synonym of this species.[4]
The specific name honours the friend of Vincuguerra's, Giorgio Caneva, whose work encouraged Vinciguerra to study blennies from the Gulf of Genoa and led to the description of this species.[5]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T.; Herler, J.; Kovacic, M. (2014). "Microlipophrys canevae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185156A44749514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185156A44749514.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Microlipophrys canevae". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Charousset, F. (1986). "Un nouveau poisson trouvé en Mediterranée Lipophrys heuvelmansi nov. spec. (la blennie de Heuvelmans)". Clin Oeil (13): 10–17.
- ^ Francisco Tiralongo; Emanuele Mancini; Fabio Russo; Lorenzo Rossi (2015). "Lipophrys heuvelsmani Charrouset, 1986 {Pisces, Blennidae) history and identity of a fish". Il Naturalista Siciliano. 39: 97–103.
- ^ 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 15 March 2019.
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