Petroscirtes springeri
Petroscirtes springeri is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the northwest Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 7.7 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Victor G. Springer of the United States National Museum, it was Springer who first introduced the author to the blenniids and who suggested the study in which Smith-Vaniz described this species.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Petroscirtes |
| Species: | P. springeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Petroscirtes springeri Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | |
References
- Williams, J.T. (2014). "Petroscirtes springeri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342325A48353708. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petroscirtes springeri" 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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