Antennablennius simonyi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Antennablennius |
| Species: | A. simonyi
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| Antennablennius simonyi (Steindachner, 1902)
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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]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 26.0 cm (10.2 in).[3]
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Randall, J.E., 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Antennablennius simonyi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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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