Enneapterygius randalli

Enneapterygius randalli, the Rapa triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[2] It was described by Ronald Fricke in 1997.[3] who honoured the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall in its specific name, Randall collected many of the type series.[4] This species is known only from French Polynesia where it is found off Rapa Iti and Marotiri in the southern Austral Islands.[1]

Enneapterygius randalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. randalli
Binomial name
Enneapterygius randalli
Fricke, 1997

References

  1. Williams, J. (2014). "Enneapterygius randalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T178911A1546789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178911A1546789.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Enneapterygius randalli" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Enneapterygius randalli". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. 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 19 May 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.