Andamia reyi

Andamia reyi, the suckerlip blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2]

Andamia reyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Andamia
Species:
A. reyi
Binomial name
Andamia reyi
(Sauvage, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Salarias reyi Sauvage, 1880
  • Andamia raoi Hora, 1938

Size

This species reaches a length of 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[3]

Etymology

The specific name honours the collector of the type, the French doctor Paul Rey.[4]

References
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Andamia reyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342407A48398075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342407A48398075.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Andamia reyi" in 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 25 February 2019.


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