Petroscirtes thepassii

Petroscirtes thepassii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Petroscirtes
Species:	P. thepassii
Binomial name
	Petroscirtes thepassii; Bleeker, 1853

Petroscirtes thepassii, the Thepas' sabretooth blenny or the Thepas' fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 5.9 centimetres (2.3 in) SL.[2] The specific name of this blenny honours the collector of the type, the military surgeon A.H. Thepass.[3]

References

Williams, J.T. (2014). "Petroscirtes thepassii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342300A48408638. Retrieved 7 April 2019.unknown url
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petroscirtes thepassii" 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). "Petroscirtes thepassii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342300A48408638. Retrieved 7 April 2019.unknown url

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petroscirtes thepassii" 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.