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Litobranchus
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: Litobranchus
Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971
Species: L. fowleri
Binomial name
Litobranchus fowleri
(Herre, 1936)
Synonyms
  • Salarias fowleri

Litobranchus fowleri, Fowler's rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) SL. This species is currently the only species in its genus. The specific name hours the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler (1878-1965).

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Litobranchus fowleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342473A48408752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342473A48408752.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Synonyms of Litobranchus fowleri at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Litobranchus fowleri". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  4. 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 12 March 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Litobranchus fowleri


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