Microlipophrys bauchotae

Microlipophrys bauchotae is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean, known only from the Bay of Victoria, Cameroon and Bahia de Isabel, Bioko. This species grows to a length of 4.3 centimetres (1.7 in) TL.[2]

Microlipophrys bauchotae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Microlipophrys
Species:
M. bauchotae
Binomial name
Microlipophrys bauchotae
(Wirtz & Bath, 1982)
Synonyms
  • Lipophrys bauchotae Wirtz & Bath, 1982

Etymology

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The specific name honours the French ichthyologist and assistant manager at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris Marie-Louise Bauchot who had realised that this was a new species in 1967 but who felt there was too little material to describe a new species.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, J.T.; Craig, M.T. (2014). "Microlipophrys bauchotae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185187A1778857. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185187A1778857.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Microlipophrys bauchotae". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ 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 14 March 2019.