Enchelyurus petersi
Enchelyurus petersi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, in the Red Sea. This species grows to a length of 5.4 centimetres (2.1 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the German naturalist and explorer Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883) who named the genus Enchelyurus for the similar species E. flavipes in 1868.[3]
| Enchelyurus petersi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Enchelyurus |
| Species: | E. petersi |
| Binomial name | |
| Enchelyurus petersi (Kossmann & Räuber, 1877) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Petroscirtes petersi Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 | |
References
- Williams, J.T. (2014). "Enchelyurus petersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342320A48365898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342320A48365898.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Enchelyurus petersi" 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 26 March 2019.
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