Omobranchus woodi

Omobranchus woodi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Omobranchus
Species:	O. woodi
Binomial name
	Omobranchus woodi; (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908)
Synonyms
	Aspidontus woodi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908

Omobranchus woodi, the Kappie blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the southeast Atlantic and western Indian Ocean. This species can grow to a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.[2] The identity of the person honoured in this species' specific name is given as J. Wood of Natal who collected many marine specimens, including the type of this species.[3]

References

Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus woodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342420A48400577. Retrieved 7 April 2019.unknown url
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Omobranchus woodi" 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 7 April 2019.

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[1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus woodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342420A48400577. Retrieved 7 April 2019.unknown url

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Omobranchus woodi" 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 7 April 2019.