Meiacanthus kamoharai

Meiacanthus kamoharai is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean, around southern Japan. This species grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[2]

Meiacanthus kamoharai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Meiacanthus
Species:
M. kamoharai
Binomial name
Meiacanthus kamoharai
Tomiyama, 1956

Etymology

The specific name honours the Japanese ichthyologist Toshiji Kamohara (1901–1972) of Kochi University.[3]

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Meiacanthus kamoharai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342466A48405700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342466A48405700.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Meiacanthus kamoharai" 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 1 April 2019.


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