Petroscirtes_pylei

<i>Petroscirtes pylei</i>

Petroscirtes pylei

Species of fish


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.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Richard L. Pyle of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.[3]

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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.) (2013). "Petroscirtes pylei" in 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.



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