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Cirripectes jenningsi

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Species of fish

Cirripectes jenningsi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Cirripectes
Species: C. jenningsi
Binomial name
Cirripectes jenningsi
L. P. Schultz, 1943

Cirripectes jenningsi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Pacific Ocean, from the Gilbert Islands to the Tuamotu Islands. This species reaches a length of 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) SL. The specific name honours the Alexander Jennings who was the manager of Swains Island, one of the Phoenix Islands in American Samoa, where Schultz collected the type.

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes jenningsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342306A48401344. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342306A48401344.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirripectes jenningsi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  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 2 March 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Cirripectes jenningsi


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