Lupinoblennius nicholsi

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 American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958).[4]

Lupinoblennius nicholsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

References

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  1. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Williams, J.T.; Tornabene, L.; Brenner, J.; Carlson, J.; Caruso, J.; Chakrabarty, P.; Collette, B.B.; Grubbs, D.; McEachran, J.D.; Simons, J.; Pezold, F.; Robertson, R.; Tornabene, L.; Lyons, T.J. (2019). "Lupinoblennius nicholsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191828A67933230. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191828A67933230.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Synonyms of Lupinoblennius nicholsi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lupinoblennius nicholsi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  4. ^ 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 12 March 2019.