Omobranchus smithi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.[2]
Omobranchus smithi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Omobranchus |
Species: | O. smithi
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Binomial name | |
Omobranchus smithi (Rao, 1974)
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Synonyms | |
Etymology
editThe specific name honours the South African chemist and ichthyologist James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897-1968).[3]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342284A48353451. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342284A48353451.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Omobranchus smithi". 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 7 April 2019.