Omobranchus smithi

Omobranchus smithi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific and Indian ocean.[2]

Omobranchus smithi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Omobranchus
Species:
O. smithi
Binomial name
Omobranchus smithi
(Rao, 1974)
Synonyms
  • Cruantus smithi Rao, 1974
  • Omobranchus meniscus Springer & Gomon, 1975

Etymology

The specific name honours the South African chemist and ichthyologist James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897-1968).[3]

References
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342284A48353451. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342284A48353451.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Omobranchus smithi" 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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