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Enchelyurus petersi

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Species of fish

Enchelyurus petersi
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: Enchelyurus
Species: E. petersi
Binomial name
Enchelyurus petersi
(Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
Synonyms

Petroscirtes petersi Kossmann & Räuber, 1877

Enchelyurus petersi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, in the Red Sea. This species grows to a length of 5.4 centimetres (2.1 in) SL. The specific name honours the German naturalist and explorer Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883) who named the genus Enchelyurus for the similar species E. flavipes in 1868.

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Enchelyurus petersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342320A48365898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342320A48365898.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enchelyurus petersi". 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 26 March 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Enchelyurus petersi


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