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Petroscirtes pylei

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Species of fish

Petroscirtes pylei
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: Petroscirtes
Species: P. pylei
Binomial name
Petroscirtes pylei
Smith-Vaniz, 2005

Petroscirtes pylei, the twilight fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean, around Fiji. This species reaches a length of 4.1 centimetres (1.6 in) SL. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Richard L. Pyle of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.

References

  1. Williams, J.; Smith-Vaniz, W. and Hastings, P. (2014). "Petroscirtes pylei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342391A48363953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342391A48363953.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petroscirtes pylei". 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 7 April 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Petroscirtes pylei


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