Hypleurochilus springeri, the orange-spotted blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea. This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Victor G. Springer.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Hypleurochilus |
| Species: | H. springeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypleurochilus springeri J. E. Randall, 1966
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References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Smith, M.L.; Eytan, R.I. (2014). "Hypleurochilus springeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104061A46958810. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104061A46958810.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypleurochilus springeri". 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 9 March 2019.
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