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Cirripectes gilberti

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Cirripectes gilberti
Holotype
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Cirripectes
Species:
C. gilberti
Binomial name
Cirripectes gilberti

Cirripectes gilberti is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 9.3 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Carter R. Gilbert of the Florida Museum of Natural History.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes gilberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342182A48344636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342182A48344636.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirripectes gilberti". 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 2 March 2019.