Meiacanthus kamoharai is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean, around southern Japan. This species grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 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: | Meiacanthus |
| Species: | M. kamoharai
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| Binomial name | |
| Meiacanthus kamoharai Tomiyama, 1956
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Etymology
editThe specific name honours the Japanese ichthyologist Toshiji Kamohara (1901–1972) of Kochi University.[3]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Meiacanthus kamoharai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342466A48405700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342466A48405700.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Meiacanthus kamoharai". 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 1 April 2019.
External links
edit- Photos of Meiacanthus kamoharai on Sealife Collection
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