Cirripectes kuwamurai

Cirripectes kuwamurai
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Cirripectes
Species:	C. kuwamurai
Binomial name
	Cirripectes kuwamurai; Fukao, 1984

Cirripectes kuwamurai is a species of combtooth blenny found on rocky and coral reefs in the northwest Pacific ocean off Japan. This species reaches a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Japanese fish ecologist Tetsuo Kuwamura who collected the type.[3]

References

Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes kuwamurai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342371A48407775. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342371A48407775.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes kuwamurai" in 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 2 March 2019.

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[1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes kuwamurai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342371A48407775. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342371A48407775.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes kuwamurai" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

[ETYFish-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 2 March 2019.