Cirripectes vanderbilti, also known as the scarface blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Hawaiian and Johnston Atoll in the eastern central Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 10 cm (3.9 in) SL.[2] It is commonly confused with Cirripectes variolosus.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Cirripectes |
| Species: | C. vanderbilti
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirripectes vanderbilti (Fowler, 1938)
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The species was first described in 1938 by Henry W. Fowler under the name Ophioblennius vanderbilti from a specimen collected near Diamond Head, Oahu in 1937 by the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition.[4]
Description
editThis species reaches a length of 10 cm (3.9 in) standard length.[5] Adults have a dark brown (though rarely pale brown to white) body. The color pattern is highly variable. It has dark red to orange slashes on its head extending dorsal and posterior from the snout and encircling the eye. The dorsal fin has yellowish-brown rays; the upper caudal-fin rays are yellowish; and the lower rays are dark brown.[6] Spines and soft rays are sometimes difficult to distinguish in the Hawaiian blennies, but can often be differentiated when the fin is held before a strong light, or by removing the membrane from one side of the fin. In general, the spines are soft and flexible but rather more slender than articulated rays.[7]
Distribution
editThe species was first described in 1938 by Henry W. Fowler under the name Ophioblennius vanderbilti from a specimen collected near Diamond Head, Oahu in 1937 by the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition.[8] The species is found in the Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaiian and Johnston islands.[5]
Habitat
editThe species inhabits shallow, rocky shores and reefs.[9]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes vanderbilti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342499A48407219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342499A48407219.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirripectes vanderbilti". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ "Cirripectes vanderbilti, Scarface blenny: aquarium". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ Fowler, Henry W. (1938). The Fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. Philadelphia. pp. 242–243.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Williams, Jeffrey T. (1990). "Phylogenetic Relationships and Revision of the Blenniid Fish Genus Scartichthys". Smithsonian Institution Press. 492. Washington, D.C.: 1–30. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.492.
- ^ Hoban, Mykle L.; Williams, Jeffrey T. (24 March 2020). "Cirripectes matatakaro, a new species of combtooth blenny from the Central Pacific, illuminates the origins of the Hawaiian fish fauna". PeerJ. 8: e8852. doi:10.7717/peerj.8852. PMC 7100598.
- ^ Strasburg, Donald W. (1956). "Notes on the Blennioid Fishes of Hawaii with Descriptions of Two New Species" (PDF). Pacific Science. 10.
- ^ Fowler; Henry W. (1938). The Fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition. Vol. 2. Philadelphia. pp. 242–243.
- ^ Muss, Andrew; Robertson, D. Ross; Stepien, Carol A.; Wirtz, Peter; Bowen, Brian W. (March 2001). "Phylogeography of Ophioblennius: The Role of Ocean Currents and Geography in Reef Fish Evolution". Evolution. 55 (3): 561–572. doi:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[0561:POOTRO]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 2640516 – via JSTOR.
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