Scartella springeri

Scartella springeri (Springer's blenny) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, around St. Helena. This species reaches a length of 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Victor G. Springer of the U.S. National Museum.[3]

Scartella springeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Scartella
Species:
S. springeri
Binomial name
Scartella springeri
(Bauchot, 1967)

References

  1. Williams, J.T.; Craig, M.T. (2014). "Scartella springeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185144A1771703. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185144A1771703.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Scartella springeri" 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 24 March 2019.


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