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Malacoctenus gilli

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Malacoctenus gilli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Malacoctenus
Species:
M. gilli
Binomial name
Malacoctenus gilli
(Steindachner, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Clinus gilli Steindachner, 1867
  • Labrisomus biguttatus Cope, 1871
  • Malacoctenus biguttatus (Cope, 1871)
  • Malacoctenus puertoricensis Evermann & M.C. Marsh, 1899

Malacoctenus gilli, the dusky blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea from the Bahamas to the north coast of South America.

Characteristics

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This species inhabits reef patches, areas of sandy substrates with available rocks and beds of seagrass at depths of from 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft). It can reach a length of 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.[2] The person honoured in the patronym of this species was not identified by Steindachner but it is most probably the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837-1914), the authority for the generic name Malacoctenus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Malacoctenus gilli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104265A48355222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104265A48355222.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Malacoctenus gilli". FishBase. October 2013 version.
  3. ^ 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 30 April 2019.