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Coralliozetus rosenblatti

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Coralliozetus rosenblatti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Coralliozetus
Species:
C. rosenblatti
Binomial name
Coralliozetus rosenblatti

Coralliozetus rosenblatti, the spikefin blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[2][3] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Richard H. Rosenblatt (1930-2014) of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.[4]

References

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  • Stephens, J. S. Jr. 1963 (31 Dec.) A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae. University of California Publications in Zoology v. 68: 1–165, Pls. 1-15.
  1. ^ Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H.; Hastings, P. (2010). "Coralliozetus rosenblatti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183851A8188523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183851A8188523.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ [ Food items for Coralliozetus rosenblatti] at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coralliozetus rosenblatti". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 April 2019.