Omobranchus steinitzi

Omobranchus steinitzi
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Omobranchus
Species:	O. steinitzi
Binomial name
	Omobranchus steinitzi; V. G. Springer & M. F. Gomon, 1975

Omobranchus steinitzi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, in the Red Sea.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.2 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.[3]

Etymology

The species is named after the Israeli marine biologist Heinz Steinitz.[4] (1909-1971), Hebrew University (Jerusalem), for his contributions to marine biology.[5]

References

Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus steinitzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342141A48346367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342141A48346367.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Springer, V.G., J.T. Williams and T.M. Orrell, 1991. Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 2: Blenniidae. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 519:28.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Omobranchus steinitzi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
"Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Archived from the original on 2006-01-29. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus steinitzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342141A48346367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342141A48346367.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] Springer, V.G., J.T. Williams and T.M. Orrell, 1991. Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 2: Blenniidae. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 519:28.

[3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Omobranchus steinitzi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

[species-4] "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Archived from the original on 2006-01-29. Retrieved 2011-09-26.

[ETYFish-5] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.