Antennablennius simonyi

Antennablennius simonyi, Simony's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, from the Gulf of Aden to the Persian Gulf.[2]

Antennablennius simonyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Antennablennius
Species:
A. simonyi
Binomial name
Antennablennius simonyi
(Steindachner, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Salarias simonyi Steindachner, 1902
  • Antennablennius girad Fraser-Brunner, 1951

Size

This species reaches a length of 26.0 cm (10.2 in).[3]

Etymology

The specific name honours the Austrian mathematician and entomologist Oskar Simony (1852-1915), who looked after the collection of fish specimen on an expedition to Socotra on which the type was collected.[4]

References
  1. Williams, J.T.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Hastings, P.A. (2014). "Antennablennius simonyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46079290A46664374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46079290A46664374.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Randall, J.E., 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Antennablennius simonyi" in FishBase. February 2015 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 26 February 2019.


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