Rhabdoblennius snowi, Snow's rockskipper or the Snow blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.[2] The specific name of this blenny honours the collector of the type, the missionary Benjamin Galen Snow (1817-1880).[3]
Rhabdoblennius snowi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Rhabdoblennius |
Species: | R. snowi
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Binomial name | |
Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler, 1928)
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References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Rhabdoblennius snowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342471A48367032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342471A48367032.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhabdoblennius snowi". 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 22 March 2019.