Lupinoblennius paivai
Lupinoblennius paivai, Paiva's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny endemic to a small area Brazil from Bahia to Santa Catarina where its habitat is the tidal reaches of coastal streams and small rivers.[1] This species can grow to a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL.[3] The specific name honours the Brazilian oceanographer João de Paiva Carvalho (1903-1961) of the Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo in recognition of his cooperation with Pinto.[4]
| Lupinoblennius paivai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Lupinoblennius |
| Species: | L. paivai |
| Binomial name | |
| Lupinoblennius paivai (S. Y. Pinto, 1958) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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References
- Williams, J.T. & Craig, M.T. (2014). "Lupinoblennius paivai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185152A1772865. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185152A1772865.en.
- Synonyms of Lupinoblnnius paivai at www.fishbase.org.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lupinoblennius paivai" 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 12 March 2019.
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