Enneapterygius gruschkai
Enneapterygius gruschkai is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[2] It was described by Wouter Holleman in 2005.[3] It is found in the archipelagoes of the western Indian Ocean, namely Réunion, Seychelles, Mauritius, St Brandon Shoals, the Comoros Islands, and the Chagos Archipelago.[1] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Victor G. Springer of the National Museum of Natural History, in recognition of his prominence in the study of blenniform fishes.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Enneapterygius |
| Species: | E. gruschkai |
| Binomial name | |
| Enneapterygius gruschkai Holleman, 2005 | |
References
- Williams, J. & Holleman, W. (2014). "Enneapterygius gruschkai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179066A1565788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179066A1565788.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Enneapterygius gruschkai" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Enneapterygius gruschkai". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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