Ophioblennius macclurei
Ophioblennius macclurei, the redlip blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. This species reaches a length of 12.2 centimetres (4.8 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the American comparative anatomist and embryologist Charles Freeman Williams McClure (1865-1955) in recognition of his work on the lymphatic systems of fishes.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Ophioblennius |
| Species: | O. macclurei |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophioblennius macclurei (Silvester, 1915) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rupiscartes macclurei Silvester, 1915 | |
References
- Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ophioblennius macclurei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104090A48344385. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104090A48344385.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ophioblennius macclurei" 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 16 March 2019.
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