Paraclinus walkeri

Paraclinus walkeri, the San Quintin blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the coasts of Baja California Sur, Mexico.[2] The specific name honours the fisheries biologist Boyd W. Walker (1917-2001) of the University of California, Los Angeles who placed his specimens at the disposal of Clark Hubbs.[3]

Paraclinus walkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Paraclinus
Species:
P. walkeri
Binomial name
Paraclinus walkeri
C. Hubbs, 1952

References

  1. Hastings, P. & McCosker, J. (2010). "Paraclinus walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183896A8196215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183896A8196215.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Paraclinus walkeri" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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